Florence in August

Tour guide, art historian, and occasional ghost hunter

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

(some Italian guy making pasta)

Tucci: and what’s going on here

(Italian guy): zeees isss where weee … make … da pasta.

Tucci: wow

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

Tourist Trap or Treasure? Putting Florence Leather Shops to the Test https://t.co/zcGA2ys0wB via @YouTube

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

'I always knew if I had a time machine and visited ancient Rome I would be instantly struck by a hundred things that I’d never thought of before, and would have said ‘Of course that’s how it was!’ That imaginative leap is astonishingly difficult to make. But to toot our own horn, I think we made more of an effort on ‘Rome’ than almost any other attempt to represent the classical Roman world on screen.'

- Jonathan Stamp, Historical Consultant
#Rome20

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

The importance of coral in Early Modern Europe:

https://t.co/rS6LMEUilQ

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

Mining the world's most precious marble in Italy | DW News https://t.co/xiiHKMwnEd via @YouTube

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

Giving new meaning to “tickling the ivories”

[Gallerie degli Uffizi @UffiziGalleries]

Il lunedì, nel giorno di riposo settimanale dei musei, i nostri restauratori sono all'opera nell'attività di spolveratura di questi delicatissimi capolavori in avorio del Tesoro dei Granduchi di Palazzo Pitti.

[Darius Arya @DariusAryaDigs]

A whole video dedicated to the Forma Urbis marble plan of Rome! https://t.co/tfPfphCXom latest @AncientRomeLive video you won’t want to miss!

[Bree A Dail @breeadail]

ROME— As Jews all over the world mark Tisha Be’Ava—the remembrance of the Emperor Titus’ destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem—members of the diaspora in Rome sing songs of triumph, despite him…under his Arch.

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Maintenance Dusting of Michelangelo’s 'David'. Every two months, Eleonora Pucci, in-house art conservator at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence cleans the 17ft-tall statue of dust and debris using a backpack vacuum and synthetic fibre brush.

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

Panettone: Sweet treat from inside prison https://t.co/IKp8hzfF9A via @YouTube

[Patricia @IdealPatricia]

prosciutto before Italians harvest it from the sea
https://t.co/4KQGBCJTkJ

[National Gallery @NationalGallery]

Michelangelo was born #OnThisDay in 1475. His painting, 'The Entombment', is one of perhaps only three surviving panel paintings by the Florentine artist.

The composition features a figure thought to be Saint John carrying Christ’s body from his tomb: https://t.co/TzUqpCjgGz

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

The huge marble quarries of Carrara, Italy were first opened by the Romans in the 2nd century BC, their highly prized stone used to create many of Rome's grandest monuments. They have since produced more marble than any other site on earth. Spot the diggers to see the epic scale!

[National Gallery of Art @ngadc]

All hail the women of Bologna, Italy ✨

(Lavinia Fontana, “Portrait of Costanza Alidosi,” 1595, oil on canvas, 62 x 47 in., National Museum of Women in the Arts (@WomenInTheArts), Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay)

[National Gallery @NationalGallery]

At the height of his fame, Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed artists in Italy, famed for his life-size mythological paintings.

Discover the romantic message behind his timeless depiction of 'Venus and Mars' 💘
https://t.co/AqDkyJQFIC

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Today we say goodbye (and good riddance) to Commodus, who was killed on New Year's Eve, 192 AD. He met a suitably risible end - sadly not defeated in the arena by @russellcrowe's Maximus, but strangled in the bath by his personal trainer Narcissus.

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever https://t.co/AjBybFL7bU

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

HBD, Caravaggio. I never would’ve guessed that he was a Libra ⚖️

[Gallerie degli Uffizi @UffiziGalleries]

Il #29settembre 1571 nasceva Michelangelo Merisi detto il Caravaggio, dal borgo presso Milano che gli dette i natali.

Ritratto di un cavaliere di Malta (fra' Antonio Martelli), 1608circa, #GalleriaPalatina

[Florence in August @FlorenceinAug]

If you could tailor an art exhibition specifically for me, this would be it! The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570 Virtual Opening | Met Exhi... https://t.co/jkcAaFqojh via @YouTube