After three doctors fell in love with a fresco by Fra Angelico, they pledged to restore it so it could get its due when a ...

Famous globally, the Uffizi Gallery boasts a rich repository of Italian Renaissance art. The grandiose Florentine building was commissioned in 1560 by Cosimo I de’ Medici, known as Cosimo the Great ...

Visiting Florence leaves lovers of art and good living with rich memories. And while much of the great art of the Renaissance remains here, the influence of Florence reverberates throughout the ...

Magnificent temples to wealth were designed across Florence and the largest dome in the world was built by Filippo Brunelleschi, the brilliant engineer. Men no longer accepted at face value the ...

Home to a priceless collection of Renaissance art and other masterpieces ... Courtesy of Flickr user fabulousfabs. "Uffizi, Florence." Courtesy of Flickr user Roller Coaster Philosophy.

The work has retaken its place at the Museo di San Marco after conservation work that has brought the Italian Renaissance ...

Bundled into a hay-basket, his corpse was smuggled to Florence for a magnificent funeral. The artist's life story became the climax of Vasari's art history textbook - “The Lives of the Artists”.

The best time to visit Florence is between May and September when warm weather ushers in art festivals, open-air dining and the kind of Italian sunshine that inspired the Renaissance painters.

stylized 3D citybuilder set in Renaissance Florence. Use the strength of your economy, the power of religion, and the beauty of classical art and architecture to rebuild a city decimated by the ...

My first stop was the Uffizi galleries, and if your main goal when visiting Florence is art, you just have to be there. The place is packed with masterpieces from the Renaissance period ...