Florence

PODCAST: New Insights into Jacopo da Pontormo’s Style with Curator Davide Gasparotto

Exploring the art and politics of Florence in the late 1520s through the works of one painter.

New research on Pacino di Bonaguida, a central figure in the rise of the Renaissance in Florence.

Bryan C. Keene | August 4, 2014

"It’s amazing to be immersed in Andrea del Sarto’s home city..."

Julian Brooks | May 19, 2013

Why the manuscript illuminations in Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance really rock.

Karen Trentelman | February 1, 2013

A horse, a salmon, lizards, and the cross of Calvary—learn to decipher coats of arms!

Bryan C. Keene | January 10, 2013

Panel paintings conservator Aleksandra Hola reveals the process of conserving a 14th-century painting.

Aleksandra Hola | January 8, 2013

How did the designer and curators create the exhibition “Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance”?

Robert Checchi | January 2, 2013

This vocal group brings to life a partially lost 14th-century hymn book.

Alexandria Sivak | November 30, 2012

Robocop an art historian? Yes! Peter Weller answers questions about Italian Renaissance art.

Alexandria Sivak | November 28, 2012

Florentians feverishly bought art from hot brands of the day—Giotto and Pacino.

Bryan C. Keene | November 27, 2012

The Florentine painter helped to usher in the Italian Renaissance

Bryan C. Keene | October 15, 2012

Pacino di Bonaguida? Little known today, he was a key figure in Renaissance Florence.

Christine Sciacca | September 14, 2012