Podcasts about Uffizi

You've seen the David, you know all about the Duomo, and the Uffizi is just to crowded... What else is there to see in Florence? As it turns out, a lot.  On this mini-episode, Tiffany fills you in on some amazing places to visit in Florence once you've seen the top three. Sign up for our newsletter for a full list with addresses, websites, and visiting information, as well as a few Florence restaurant recs. ------------------------------------- ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. BECOME A PATRON: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life and receive awesome prizes in return for your generosity! Visit our Patreon site to find out more. TIP YOUR PODCASTER: Say thanks with a one-time donation to the podcast hosts you know and love. Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue. START PODCASTING: If you are planning to start your own podcast, consider Libsyn for your hosting service! Use this affliliate link to get two months free, or use our promo code SWEET when you sign up. SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide!  

The end of the line for Matteo Messina Denaro came in mundane fashion. On a Monday morning the mafia boss was waiting in a queue for a Covid vaccine in Palermo when police closed in. A colonel from the carabinieri, Italy's militarised police, asked him: “Are you Matteo Messina Denaro?” “You know who I am,” came the reply. The Guardian's Lorenzo Tondo and Clare Longrigg tell Michael Safi that the capture of such a high-ranking mafia boss is significant but does not kill off the organisation, which has evolved into a different proposition for authorities than it once was. Police hope it will allow them to solve murders stretching back decades. The last confirmed sighting of Denaro before his arrest was in Tuscany in 1993, around the time explosives in a parked Fiat were detonated outside the Uffizi gallery, killing three people, injuring more than 40 and damaging priceless works of art

Dal 30 dicembre 2022 è entrata in vigore la riforma penale dell'ex Guardasigilli Marta Cartabia. Giovanni Negri del Sole 24 Ore. In apertura parliamo di parità salariale nelle imprese sopra i 50 addetti soggette al Codice delle pari opportunità con Federico Ferri, Senior partner di Osservatorio Job Pricing e Idem Mind the gap. Roma. L'aggressione della donna a Termini, il blitz ambientalista a Palazzo Madama e l'apertura della camera ardente del papa emerito Benedetto in Vaticano.Fabrizio Peronaci, cronista del Corriere della Sera. Allarme Coldiretti sul clima, danni per 6 miliardi di euro, perso il 10% dei raccolti. Francesco Giardina, responsabile biologico Coldiretti. Secondo Eurocontrol, l'agenzia europea di gestione dello spazio aereo nel 2022 l'Europa ha registrato una crescita dei voli del 50% rispetto all'anno precedente. I dati mostrano l'avanzata inesorabile delle compagnie low cost che hanno rappresentato un terzo di tutti i collegamenti di linea. Leonard Berberi del Corriere della Sera. Stop al rinnovo del taglio delle accise e aumento dei prezzi dei carburanti. Secondo Assoutenti la spesa per le famiglie crescerà di 366 euro. Furio Truzzi, presidente Assoutenti. Covid. Il punto con Massimo Andreoni, ordinario di Malattie infettive e direttore dell'Unità operativa complessa di Malattie infettive all'Università di Roma Tor Vergata. Uffizi da record nel periodo da 23 dicembre 2022 al 1/o gennaio 2023 con Eike Schmidt, direttore delle Gallerie degli Uffizi di Firenze. I funerali di Pelè e il calciomercato in vista della ripresa del campionato con il nostro Dario Ricci.

For this latest roundup of OLD NEWS stories, we're joined by a very special guest, to talk about: The MASS MoCA union; the new monument to the Central Park 5; the debate about bringing attention to the climate crisis by throwing food and attaching body parts to famous artworks in museum, as analyzed by Jerry Saltz in his piece ‘MASHED POTATOES MEET MONET,' as well as through our own lenses on the phenomenon; how a stolen painting was turned into a popular throw pillow (which you can purchase online for $18.40 plus shipping); the struggles of Pace Gallery's Superblue, and the history of Pace through the Glimcher family, including a botched diversity hiring of Marc Glimcher's daughter; Guy Richards Smit's cartoon, “WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE AFTER A VERY BAD STUDIO VISIT?”;  a consideration of big tech's plundering of art and illustration for its generative AI projects, as poetically analyzed through Molly Crabapple's LA Times Op-Ed, “BEWARE A WORLD WHERE ARTISTS ARE REPLACED BY ROBOTS;” why the director of Florence's Uffizi Gallery is demanding employees follow strict guidelines for email etiquette; and what our respective OLD NEWS favorites for the week were.

Ripercorriamo attraverso le parole chiave di questo 2022 i fatti più emblematici che hanno caratterizzato l'anno che si appresta a finire e lo facciamo con l'analisi e il commento di Mario Calabresi e del direttore dell'Ansa Luigi Contu. Poi ci occupiamo del caso di cronaca di Hasib Omerovic, il ragazzo con disabilità precipitato dalla finestra del suo appartamento a Primavalle lo scorso 25 luglio in presenza di alcune forze dell'ordine. È stato arrestato un poliziotto accusato di tortura.Insieme al maestro Ramin Bahrami, pianista iraniano esule, inviamo invece un pensiero e delle note ai ragazzi di Teheran che continuano a morire per la loro protesta contro il regime e infine facciamo una chiacchierata con il direttore degli Uffizi, tedesco, che ha inviato ai dipendenti una circolare con indicazioni su come scrivere email in italiano corrette.

Trascrizione episodi e contenuti extra su --> https://patreon.com/justitalian Per gli amanti dell'arte, la Galleria degli Uffizi è l'attrazione numero uno a Firenze e in Italia! Gli Uffizi contengono una delle collezioni di dipinti più importanti del mondo.

Titian was the greatest Venetian painter of his age. His reputation and achievements in 16th-century Europe were rivaled only by Michelangelo. Venetian artists introduced their own particular style and vision into Renaissance art, as seen in the Venus of Urbino. Suddenly, female nudity and eroticism exploded onto the scene in a type of soft-core Renaissance pornography. This episode explores the unusual erotic iconography of the Venus of Urbino, and how it depicts a rather straight-forward visual voyeurism between subject and object.

W tym odcinku opowiadam o Botticellim, który został zapomniany na kilka wieków.Zapraszam do sklepu Oltremare:https://oltremare.pl/sklep/KOD: NATALE22

Cruciani è ancora a Roma. Secondo Parenzo, con le sue ospitate, sta distruggendo il marchio di Radio 24 e della Confindustria. Su Soumahoro predicano calma, "calma un c***o". Riparte il Gufo Parenzo. Occhio ascoltatori. Massimo da Genova, dopo la scelta di Di Maio come rappresentante europeo nel Golfo Persico, vuole andare a Bruxelles e orinare sulla bandiera dell'Unione.Anna da Roma entra negli studi romani ed è un crescendo totale. Prima fa sentire come ha goduto per la vittoria della Meloni. Poi definisce "blatte" gli omosessuali e dichiara lo "schifo" che prova ogni volta che li vede baciarsi. "Bergoglio? L'ha scelto il Pd". Poi resta in regia quando entra Pasquale Lino Romano.Il re dei percettori del reddito non è preoccupato della Manovra del Governo. Anzi, lui ha 48 anni e ha portato un "cervello" a Parenzo. All'urlo di battaglia "soffritemi", Lino si scaglia contro tutti, anche contro Anna. Prima richiede il tfr una volta finito il reddito, poi dice ad Anna "vai su Onlyfans". Infine canta l'inno. E non è Fratelli d'Italia.L'ingegnere aerospaziale Alexis Mucci è mamma e sex worker. E' entrata nella grande polemica dopo il seno in trasparenza agli Uffizi e lotta contro i nemici di Onlyfans. Anche perchè ha fatto la famiglia grazie a questo lavoro. Adinolfi dovrebbe essere felice.L'apostolo Roberto di Giovandomenico torna in studio. Era all'ultima cena (si proprio quella) e anche in questa puntata ha scoppiettanti novità.

Premiato come “Gran maestro del Fumetto” insieme a Riyoko Ikeda, Milo Manara registra il suo messaggio al telefono con Donatella Giordano in occasione della conferenza stampa del Lucca Comics & Games. Il premio “Yellow Kid Maestro del fumetto”, consegnatogli dal direttore degli Uffizi Eike Schmidt, prevede l'acquisizione di un autoritratto realizzato dall'autore da parte della prestigiosa Galleria di Firenze, secondo l'accordo con Ministero della Cultura, Uffizi e Lucca Comics&Games. Al momento l'autoritratto di Manara è esposto in Palazzo Ducale a Lucca. Nel suo breve monologo il Maestro parla de “Il nome della rosa” l'adattamento che sta realizzando sul celebre romanzo scritto da Umberto Eco, già in parte diffuso in anteprima.---Monologhi al Telefono è una rubrica di Donatella Giordano che raccoglie interviste informali agli artisti. Il confronto iniziale con l'intervistatore avviene dietro le quinte ma il dialogo prende forma quando l'artista risponde al telefono simulando una conversazione con l'utente, che diventa così il suo interlocutore. Un sistema che vuole superare il concetto dell'intervista classica - precedentemente pianificata - a favore di un approccio che azzera la distanze e contamina due formati: il podcast e la telefonata.

“When you're not sitting across from someone, you're sitting across from the whole world.” –Stephanie Rosenbloom In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Stephanie talk about the rewards of traveling alone, and how to mix solo and companion travel within a single trip (2:00); how going alone makes you more receptive to museums, restaurants, and walking in a new play (11:00); how to better savor your travel experiences while they're happening (21:00); certifying versus savoring experiences, and how to balance travel as an external act with a more spiritual internal process (31:00); and strategies for savoring solo travel experiences (46:00). Stephanie Rosenbloom (@stephronyt) is a travel writer for The New York Times, where she has been a reporter for more than a decade, and the author of the book, Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude. For more about Stephanie, check out http://www.stephanierosenbloom.com. Notable Links: The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (travel book) On Karawa (Japanese conceptual artist) Flâneur (urban stroller in France) The Marais (district in Paris) The Motorcycle Diaries, by Ernesto Guevara (book) Thích Nhất Hạnh (Buddhist monk and author) Savoring, by Fred B. Bryant (book) Uffizi (art museum in Florence, Italy) The Birth of Venus (painting by Botticelli) LiveTrekker (route-tracking app) Souvenir, by Rolf Potts (book) Busking (street performance) Evernote (task-management app) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

El Chapapote es el Pod Cast del que se va a hablar en el Club de la Escucha. En La Ventana del Arte nos adentramos en la Galería de los Uffizi. Nieves Concostrina nos habla del culo de Carlos III sobre la almohada de Jacob en Su Acontece. Y terminamos con Lo que queda del día con Isaías Lafuente. 

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been described as, “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.” She's been immortalized in everything from Andy Warhol's pop art to Dan Brown's bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. But there was a time when the Mona Lisa was not well known, if you can imagine – and it took a man named Vincenzo Peruggia to launch her into stardom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Si parla di Uffizi e la causa a Gaultier; della Saison Culturelle; di Roma Art Week; di 'Più libri più liberi'

There are nine choirs of angels. One of those choirs, or groups, are the archangels. They are powerful allies in our spiritual battles, because God gave them great power to fight against those demons we have to face on a regular basis. They are spiritual beings that we can't see, because they don't have a body. But they really exist. Not just in our minds, or in our collective myths, or our symbols, or our culture. They are as real as your dog, or your sister, or electricity. We can't see electricity, but we can see its effects. A meditation preached at Kintore College in Toronto by Fr. Eric Nicolai on September 29, 2022. Music: Carlos Gardel, Soledad, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink Music: Francesco Botticini Three Archangels with Tobias, c.1471 Uffizi, Florence. For more meditations, check my channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricNicolai/videos www.ernescliff.ca www.opusdei.ca

The world is changing fast, but you can learn it at a slower pace.

Si parla della mostra su David Bowie; degli autoritratti degli Uffizi in Cina; delle visite alle Terme Caracalla; del Festival di fotografia e cinema 'Terra!'

We finally get into the Medici in style with the man who is considered the founder of the family's great fortune and political dominance. We follow Cosimo de Medici as he slowly asserts his power over the Republic of Florence with careful internal and external political manoeuvring to form what some have called the "crypto-signoria" of the Medici, all the whole increasing theri vast wealth in the face of many perils.

Molly Maine is a fine art painter who moved to Paris to study painting and drawing at Studio Escalier, an art school in Montmartre. In her studio in Montmartre, she makes autobiographical paintings that use imagery of interior and exterior spaces, reflection, still life, and portraiture.A Californian by birth, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she majored in art and literature. Though interested in art since childhood, it was while copying from Botticelli's “La Primavera” at the Uffizi during a study abroad program in Florence Italy, that she became interested in figurative painting and drawing. After graduation, she worked as an artist and scenic painter in Portland Oregon. In Oregon she was awarded a yearlong fully funded painting residency from the Calligram Falcon foundation. Molly has since lived Oxford England and Paris France where she pursues her interest drawing and painting from live models as well as from paintings and sculptures at the Louvre.  margaretmaine.comSupport the show

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Vita e opere di Benvenuto Cellini. - Spendieren Sie einen Cafè (1€)? Donate a coffee (1€)? https://ko-fi.com/italiano Livello B1Buongiorno cari amici e amanti dell'italiano e benvenuti al nostro consueto appuntamento settimanale con i podcasti di Luisa.Oggi vi parlo di arte.Sicuramente molti di voi sono già stati a Firenze. Vi ricordate la piazza principale nel centro storico della città, Piazza della Signoria? Ecco pensate adesso di essere lì e di trovarvi davanti alla Loggia dei Lanzi, a destra del Palazzo Vecchio e accanto agli Uffizi. L'edificio che è servito come modello per la Feldhernhalle nel centro di Monaco.Ecco sotto la Loggia dei Lanzi ci sono diverse sculture. Una di queste è in bronzo e rappresenta Perseo, secondo la mitologia greca figlio di Zeus che uccide Medusa, una delle tre Gorgoni che avevano il potete di pietrificare ......The full transcript of this Episode is available via "Luisa's learn Italian Premium" - das komplette Transcript / die Show-Notes sind über Luisa's Podcast Premium verfügbar. Den Shop mit allen Materialien zum Podcast finden Sie unter https://premium.il-tedesco.itLuisa's Podcast Premium ist kein Abo - sie erhalten das jeweilige Transscript/die Shownotes sowie zu den Grammatik Episoden Übungen die Sie "pro Stück" bezahlen (ab 25ct). https://premium.il-tedesco.itMehr info unter www.il-tedesco.it bzw. https://www.il-tedesco.it/premiumInitial Ukulele Musik: Ukulele Bailey - Ukulele Baby,Song released in the 1920's by Cameo Disc.Episode Picture by Jebulon - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15683145Music from the Overture for Hector Berlioz, Opera "Benvenuto Cellini", performed by the Orchestre de Paris, conductor David Zinman

Oggi.it, Paola Manciagli

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Ritratto di Giuseppe da Porto con il figlio Adriano Paolo Caliari, detto il Veronese (Verona 1528 c. – Venezia 1588) https://www.uffizi.it/opere/veronese-ritratto-di-giuseppe-da-porto

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Ritrovamento del cadavere di Jacopo de' Pazzi https://www.uffizi.it/opere/ritrovamento-del-cadavere-di-jacopo-de-pazzi

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Sonia tells us about her hometown, Florence, the city of the Renaissance.The world-famous Uffizi museum complex, "capolavori", artistic masterpieces, and the origins of the Italian language. Florence has it all. And, Sonia has some great insider tips for all you Italy connoisseurs. She recommends a market where you can buy real leather goods, and "le peletterie", a rooftop terrace with the most beautiful view of the city. A perfect place to end an evening! There's also no shortage of culinary tips: What's a "lampredotto"? What makes a good "fiorentina"? And what kind of treats can you enjoy in an "enoteca"?Don't just listen, read along! You can find the dynamic transcript and other extras for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3CMZWvL

Luca Nannipieri"Il destino di un amore"Tiziano Vecellio e CeciliaSkira Editorehttps://www.skira.net/Un appassionante romanzo sui misteri che si celano dietro l'enigmatico capolavoro di Tiziano.Questo libro è la storia che sta dietro a uno dei più potenti dipinti del Rinascimento: la Venere di Tiziano Vecellio.Lei è Cecilia Soldani, la moglie dell'artista, uno dei più acclamati del suo tempo. È incinta del terzo figlio: una gravidanza complicata. Cecilia vorrebbe abortire per continuare ad amare il pittore, ma muore scegliendo di dare al mondo la creatura che il marito vuole, invece, conforza. Alla nascita della piccola Lavinia, Tiziano, che fino ad allora ha seguito solo gloria e denaro, è travolto dall'improvvisa coscienza di un sentimento immenso e unico, scoperto solo con la morte della moglie.Inizia, così, a cercare Cecilia nei suoi quadri, dipingendola con tutto l'amore che negli anni non è riuscito a darle. La Venere – realizzata nel 1538 e oggi conservata agli Uffizi – è ancora, per chiunque la osservi, la scintilla palpitante di quel dolore e di quell'amore.Luca Nannipieri, critico e storico dell'arte, ha pubblicato con Skira i libri Capolavori rubati (2019), Raffaello Il trionfo della ragione (2020), A cosa serve la storia dell'arte (2020), e con Rai Libri Bellissima Italia. Splendori e miserie del patrimonio artistico nazionale (2018).Il suo ultimo libro sulla storia dell'arte è in corso di traduzione e pubblicazione all'estero. Suoi volumi sono usciti allegati ai quotidiani nazionali.Dirige Casa Nannipieri Arte, curando mostre e conferenze, da Giacomo Balla a Keith Haring.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Ketanji Brown Jackson sarà la prima giudice afroamericana della Corte Suprema Per la sua nuova mostra, il Museo del Prado punta sull'olfatto Mediterraneo, navi russe seguono da vicino le manovre della NATO Via libera all'iscrizione contemporanea a due corsi di laurea Le Gallerie degli Uffizi sono il luogo della cultura più visitato d'Italia

È vero la bellezza è soggettiva ma davanti al quadro della nascita della Venere, famoso dipinto dell' artista Sandro Botticelli, non passa inosservata. La nostra carissima amica Sabrina Cavallari Biancardi ci spiega la storia di questa magnifica opera,  che si trova nella Galleria degli Uffizi a Firenze. Mettetevi pure comodi e lasciatevi trasportare dalle bellissime curiosità svelateci. Buon ascolto! Dani & Lia   It's true, beauty is subjective but looking at the Birth of Venus, a famous painting by the artist Sandro Botticelli, it is not unnoticed. Our dear friend Sabrina explains the history of this magnificent work which is located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Let yourself be carried away by the beautiful curiosities that Sabrina reveals to us. Have a good listening!

Links There's a delicious MCF, where my Statue meets my Sissy Maid, on Day 15. Do you want to go back and experience it, after today's session? Or perhaps you would like to find my Slave Position Training session in the shop. It's half price with the coupon code UFFIZI until the 10th of February. […] The post The perfect contrapposto – Day 22 appeared first on Spoken By Elswyth.

Not sure if you believe it or not, but this week is supposed to be the most depressing of the entire calendar year. Blue Monday might be just a clever marketing ploy but the whole January Blues is something that is quite real throughout the Northern Hemisphere. What was the solution that our ancestors came up with? Why not choose this time of the year and make it so that it is not only allowed to get silly, a bit rowdy and consume way too much sweets and alcohol? Yes, we're talking about carnival, something that Tuscans take very seriously. While the most famous carnival is the one in Viareggio, where hundreds of thousands of people gather to witness the massive, elaborate, satirical floats that parade on the Passeggiata every year, there are many other carnivals, a bit more quirky, that take place across the region. This week we've decided to tell you the stories of four of those special celebrations of the time before Lent, traditionally reserved to penance and restrain. There are some really unique and very ancient festivals that deserve way more attention than what they get now. Listen this episode and learn how a small town near Arezzo has pulled off an incredible feat: create from nothing a Venetian-style carnival that is neither cringeworthy or just plain awful. Listen to the story of how the workers of a massive steel mill on the coast managed to create a mascot for their carnival and use it as a way to express their grievances without getting arrested by the police. Find out how some clever partygoers used a very noble intention, helping out the poor, as a good excuse to have a massive banquet right before Lent. Plenty of surprises, as always so stick around! If you like what we do, just let us know what you think by dropping us a note on our social media accounts - all feedback greatly appreciated:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larno.itTwitter: @arno_it / @WhatsupTuscanyLINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)http://www.carnevaledeifiglidibocco.it/https://www.quinewsarezzo.it/castiglion-fibocchi-la-pademia-ferma-pure-vi-figli-di-bocco-comune-castiglionesi-carnevale.htmhttps://valdarnopost.it/edizioni-locali/il-carnevale-dei-figli-di-bocco-una-tradizione-storica-di-castiglion-fibocchi-apprezzata-da-tutta-italia/http://www.carnevaledifoiano.it/https://www.greenme.it/viaggiare/italia/carnevale-foiano-della-chiana-antico/https://www.arezzonotizie.it/attualita/annullato-carnevale-foiano-2022.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/carnevaledipiombino2014/https://www.festedicarnevale.it/carnevale-di-piombino/http://www.comune.piombino.li.it/moduli/output_immagine.php?id=3674https://www.quinewsvaldicornia.it/piombino-la-leggenda-di-cicciolo-gordiano-lupi-blog.htmhttp://news.prolocosangiovannivaldarno.it/festivita/https://www.quinewsvaldarno.it/san-giovanni-valdarno-uffizio-di-santantonio-le-immagini-e-la-storia.htmhttps://www.girovagate.com/2010/01/gli-uffizi-di-carnevale-di-san-giovanni.htmlhttps://www.arezzonotizie.it/eventi/cultura/festa-salacca-2021-san-giovanni-valdarno.htmlBACKGROUND MUSICTitle: WaitingArtist: Wayne John BradleyLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseLinks: https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/waiting-original-uplifting-indie-pop-style-instrumentalcreative-commons

Jacques Franck is a specialist in Leonardo da Vinci who has trained both as an art historian and as a classical painter. A consulting expert to the Louvre, the Armand Hammer Centre for Da Vinci Studies at UCLA, and other institutions, he has spent almost fifty years immersed in the Italian master's body of work. Franck has made “critical copies” in order to better understand DaVinci's techniques, which have been shown at the Uffizi, and has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of restoration based on insufficient knowledge. He spoke to Mia on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of DaVinci and his major retrospective exhibition at the Louvre bringing together almost 120 works from the most prestigious European and American institutions.www.creativeprocess.info

"The sense of perfection in every sense. First of all, spiritual perfection, the expression in the portraits. The sort of deep understanding of the human soul. Also, when representing sacred subjects, representing the divine as though he had been able to see it. Just in front of God himself in a way. Because the expression in Saint Anne's face is so Christ-like and the expression of divine love over humanity. And this is very seldom represented in art. So this extraordinary way of representing this supreme feeling and also the perfection in the shaping, and the composition and everything was perfect with him."Jacques Franck is a specialist in Leonardo da Vinci who has trained both as an art historian and as a classical painter. A consulting expert to the Louvre, the Armand Hammer Centre for Da Vinci Studies at UCLA, and other institutions, he has spent almost fifty years immersed in the Italian master's body of work. Franck has made “critical copies” in order to better understand DaVinci's techniques, which have been shown at the Uffizi, and has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of restoration based on insufficient knowledge. He spoke to Mia on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of DaVinci and his major retrospective exhibition at the Louvre bringing together almost 120 works from the most prestigious European and American institutions.www.creativeprocess.info

"He'd been painting all his life, and he was a researcher in his soul mostly. Painting was a means to question the universe. In order to make his art as perfect as possible, he would know everything that he could put into his paintings. So everything on perspective, everything on optics and mathematics, everything on the ingredients that have to go into the making. Everything about geology, because it has to be represented in a very accurate way in landscape painting and so and so forth. I don't think that Leonardo had difficulty in imposing himself as an artist because he was so, I should say divinely, gifted, that it struck everyone that he was a genius at once...We have Leonardo in full when we read his texts because it's still there. It's a full testimony, but his private life, we don't know much about it, but he certainly must have been very well organized because you can't make so much work without a base in the organization of your life which is very strict. And you can't go and penetrate such high intellectual spheres unless you're a man of good. Do you understand what I mean? To have some ideal of perfection, beauty, and humanity inside yourself."Jacques Franck is a specialist in Leonardo da Vinci who has trained both as an art historian and as a classical painter. A consulting expert to the Louvre, the Armand Hammer Centre for Da Vinci Studies at UCLA, and other institutions, he has spent almost fifty years immersed in the Italian master's body of work. Franck has made “critical copies” in order to better understand DaVinci's techniques, which have been shown at the Uffizi, and has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of restoration based on insufficient knowledge. He spoke to Mia on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of DaVinci and his major retrospective exhibition at the Louvre bringing together almost 120 works from the most prestigious European and American institutions.www.creativeprocess.info

Jacques Franck is a specialist in Leonardo da Vinci who has trained both as an art historian and as a classical painter. A consulting expert to the Louvre, the Armand Hammer Centre for Da Vinci Studies at UCLA, and other institutions, he has spent almost fifty years immersed in the Italian master's body of work. Franck has made “critical copies” in order to better understand DaVinci's techniques, which have been shown at the Uffizi, and has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of restoration based on insufficient knowledge. He spoke to Mia on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of DaVinci and his major retrospective exhibition at the Louvre bringing together almost 120 works from the most prestigious European and American institutions.www.creativeprocess.info

La primavera di Botticelli è uno dei più bei dipinti che possiamo ammirare alla Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze ed è uno dei capolavori dell'arte del Rinascimento. Ma il significato profondo di questo quadro non è ancora stato svelato. Molte interpretazioni - mitologica, storica, filosofica, politica - sono state avanzate. Vuoi scoprire quali? Allora non perdere questo Podcast! Botticelli's Spring (La Primavera) is one of the most beautiful paintings that we can admire at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and is one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art. But the deeper meaning of this picture has not yet been revealed. Many interpretations - mythological, historical, philosophical, political - have been advanced. Do you want to find out which ones? Then don't miss this Podcast!

Florence, it takes less then 3 hours to reach Florence by train from Rome and Florence is a small walkable town, so you don't need transportation to get around, however, you can still take a taxi when you get tired. Anyway, Florence is small, but to make the best out of your visit, it's advisable to hire a guide. Your guide would meet you at the train station, which is in the center of the city, ant take you on 3-hour tour covering the city's major highlights. Of course, you can extend your time with the guide to include a large museum in your tour, like the Uffizi or Pitti Palace. Pompeii and Amalfi Coast, for a small group with less than 3 people, it is convenient to take a train from Rome to Naples and, once there meet a driver/guide for the tour along the beautiful, world famous, coast. For larger groups, going on this day trip with a driver-guide starting from Rome is more convenient than doing part of the trip by train. First because you don't have to worry about finding your way to the train station and all that, and also because the cost of the train tickets added the fare for the driver-guide for the tour along the coast from Naples, for a group of 4 people, equals the cost of the driver-guide for the day. I need to bring to your attention that, though the driver-guide may be well experienced and speaking good English, he cannot take you on a tour inside the excavations of Pompeii, you'll need to hire a local guide for this.  Orvieto and Assisi, it's not possible to do this by train in a day, this is something you need to hire a driver/guide for. The drive to Orvieto takes less than 1.5 hours and, once there, you can enjoy visiting the Cathedral which is considered one of the most beautiful in Italy and strolling around this beautiful, quaint, small town. After a quick lunch break, you get back in the minivan and head for Assisi taking the scenic route along the course of the Tiber River. If time allows it, you can stop briefly in Todi on the way. Once in Assisi, you'll visit the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and that of St. Francis. Your driver-guide, though well experienced and speaking good English, cannot take you on a tour inside the basilicas, you'll need to hire a local guide for this. https://mybesttour.com/tour/car-tour/#daytrips (https://mybesttour.com/tour/car-tour/#daytrips)  In addition to the possible destinations mentioned in the answers to Question 6 (Day 3), Tivoli, Castelgandolfo and Ostia Antica, which can be combined into a full day excursion, hereunder we list several other places 1 or 2 hours away from Rome:  Tivoli, Villa D'Este and Hadrian's Villa. Besides Villa D'Este, there's also another place to visit in Tivoli and that's Hadrian's Villa. The tour of Villa D'Este takes about an hour and a half, the tour of Hadrian's Villa takes just as long, and the two are a few kilometers apart. Therefore, it's almost impossible to visit both places in a half-day, but in 6 hours you can do it and you also have time for some lunch between the two visits.   The Catacombs an Castelgandolfo. This is another 6-hour tour covering the Catacombs which are in Rome, but far from the center, and Castelgandolfo which is about 30 minutes away from the city. Castelgandolfo is a lovely small town on top of the rim of volcanic lake and it's been the popes' summer residence since the 17th century. The area is called the Alban Hills or Roman Castles and it's always been renowned for the good food and wines, so it wouldn't be bad idea to have lunch in one of the many good restaurants in the area. Wine lovers can walk around the town's wine shops and sample the local wines. https://mybesttour.com/tour/car-tour/#6hour (https://mybesttour.com/tour/car-tour/#6hour) The Park of Monsters and Tarot Garden. The Park of Monsters is a sort of private amusement park built in the 16th century in the lovely region of Umbria and it takes about an hour and a half to reach it from...

Episode 9 is Ella's love letter to the Mona Lisa. Join us for highlights of the painting's 500-year history, including time spent in a royal bathroom and at Napoleon's bedside, and the 1911 theft that propelled it from 'relatively obscure example of Renaissance portraiture' to 'global media darling'. We'll get into the events of the theft, how the criminal was caught, and where she was concealed for two years (hint: under the thief's dirty socks). Sources for this episode include: “The theft that made the ‘Mona Lisa' a masterpiece” by All Things Considered staff, (NPR), 2011 “The travels and travails of the Mona Lisa” by G. Garcia-French, Artstor, 2014 “Vincenzo Perruggia, the man who stole the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre Museum and made it a masterpiece” Vintage Everyday, 2018 “Treasures of the World: Mona Lisa” by PBS staff, 2018 Wikipedia articles on: Louis XIV, Louis V, Leonardo DaVinci, Mona Lisa, Vincenzo Peruggia, Palace of Fontainbleau, Lisa Gherardini, Uffizi, Napoleon