A terrible moment — August 14, 2018 — has led to a period of rediscovery for the city of Genoa. On that day, a huge autostrada bridge above the city center collapsed. New San Giorgio Bridge The government of Italy immediately took on the task of constructing a new bridge, and on August [...]
Frans Hals Self Portrait When Franz Hals created canvases, he painted what today we would call the “real people” of the city in pubs and on the streets: musicians, barmaids, and governmental and community leaders. A self-driven tenacity created Hals’ reputation as nearly unapproachable. That attitude was exacerbated by his insistence that [...]
Binnenhof Palace, Dutch parliament in Den Haag Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken On an early November day, I traveled to Den Haag, the Hague. The train route from Amsterdam’s Centraal station includes a brief stop in the strikingly beautiful station in Leiden. I was tempted to disembark the train [...]
The news came quietly, leaving the art world stunned to learn that a fresco in the church of Santa Maria in Marcialla, not far from Florence, had been attributed to none other than Michelangelo. Fresco: The Deposition of Christ Residents of Marcialla, a tiny village south of Florence, have claimed for generations that [...]
Join Francesco Lombardo, noted artist from Western North Carolina, on an incredible eight-day drawing workshop in the heart of Florence.