The Primavera (Spring), also know as L’allegoria della primavera (The Allegory of Spring), is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Florence. It has been described as “one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world,” and “one… The post Botticelli’s Primavera appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
It was in Venice, Italy, at the Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna located in Ca’ Pesaro, the most important baroque Venetian palace, that Robert Langdon, the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno, saw for the first time Gustave Klimt’s masterpiece The Kiss while it was on loan from Vienna. Langdon credited Venice’s Ca’ Pesaro with arousing… The post The Kiss by Gustave Klimt appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno
The François Vase is a large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style. A real masterpiece of ancient pottery and the epitome of black-figure painting, the François Vase can be considered a landmark in the study of Greek pottery as it marks a turning point in the art’s development, constituting a great advance in… The post The François Vase appeared first on Florence Inferno.| Florence Inferno