Smithsonian Magazine9h
See the Sprawling Secret Passageway Built for Florence’s Elite 450 Years Ago
The 2,500-foot-long Vasari Corridor impressed guests of the Medicis and other leaders that followed (including Benito ...
Psychology Today12h
Is the Socratic Method Still Relevant?
In a new book, Agnes Callard shows how the Socratic Method can be used to examine fundamental life issues. Socrates claimed ...
The Art Newspaper5d
Was Cimabue the true father of the Italian Renaissance? Newly completed restoration reveals pivotal innovations
The Louvre’s restoration of La Maestà has shed new light on the painter’s techniques and influences, while a new exhibition ...
Euronews15d
Florence’s secret Vasari Corridor opens to the public after €11 million restoration
Florence's Vasari Corridor, a 750-meter-long elevated passageway that connects the Uffizi Galleries to the Pitti Palace, officially reopened on Saturday (21 December) after a monumental eight-year ...
NBC Connecticut16d
Secret passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation
For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway that connects the city's Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the ...
Artnet news19d
The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
105 x 87 cm. (41.3 x 34.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...
The Globe and Mail21d
Trump’s 51st state jokes a bullying technique, former adviser to Trudeau says
Roland Paris, a former foreign policy adviser to Mr. Trudeau, said Mr. Trump’s needling of Canada is a type of bullying technique that he has deployed time after time during his political career.