Exhibition in Florence “The Money and Beauty. The bankers, Botticelli and the fire of the vanities”

29 Sep 2011

Il Denaro e la Bellezza - Mostra Firenze

From next weekend until January 22nd 2012 at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence you can visit the exhibition “The Money and Beauty. The bankers, Botticelli and the fire of the vanities”.

Through the masterpieces by Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Beato Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Donatello, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Domenico Veneziano, Lorenzo di Credi – the elite of Renaissance – the exhibition “The Money and the Beauty” tells the story of the modern banking system’s invention and economic progress which has given rise.

The works on display illustrate how the flowering of the modern banking system was parallel to the more artistic season of the Western world: the exhibition connects the interweaving of economic events and art with changes in religious and political era.

Mostra Firenze - Il Denaro e la BellezzaThe exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi is therefore a trip to the root of the Florentine power in Europe, but also an analysis of the economic mechanisms that allowed the Florentines to dominate the world trade and, consequently, to finance the Renaissance. An opportunity to look across the arts, involving economists, politicians and diplomats, and telling the roots of the Florentine Renaissance optics of the relationship between art, power and money.

The exhibition “The Money and the Beauty. The bankers, Botticelli and the fire of the vanities” also makes use of detailed representations of the banker’s job (work of Flemish artists) to describe the period when Florence was the capital of the financial world. It also clarified with the help of multimedia tools the ancient paths of money and trade.

The exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi is open daily from 9 to 20; on Thursday the opening is extended up to 23.

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JOY SPOSI 2011 in Florence

26 Sep 2011

JOY SPOSI 2011 Firenze

From 7th to 9th October 2011 the Stazione Leopolda in Florence will host the fair JOY Sposi, an exhibition of new concepts in a completely new format, where together with exhibition of the best products and services for the bride and groom and all those who are about to celebrate anniversaries, ceremonies and other happy events personally, you can watch unique moments of entertainment.

Within the exhibition space of JOY Sposi you can find lounge bar, apericena, press area, workshops, fashion shows. Opening hours and events will be led by Jocelyn, author of television and radio shows.

The workshops about the wedding and happy events organization:

  • Trend and good rules for a wonderful marriage, by a master of the Wedding Planner (session for visitors and operators)
  • Free trial sessions for hair and makeup

And then workshops dedicated to the house:

  • A house functional applications of automation in your home
  • Harmony in and out according to feng-shui
  • A current home: ecological and economic sources of energy

For more information visit the official website www.joysposi.it

For your stay in Florence during the fair JOY Sposi you can stay at one of the Ars Hotels Firenze hotel, all located in the city center.

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Mario Biondi live in Florence

22 Sep 2011

Mario Biondi a FirenzeOn October 13th 2011, Mario Biondi and his band will stop at the Teatro Verdi in Florence.

After the great success of the live album “Yes You”, the most black voice of the Italian music scene returns to perform live, dusting off his jazz nature, in which music and his unmistakable voice, warm, deep, clear and safe will be protagonitsts.On stage with Mario Biondi also his consolidated band composed of musicians and soloists of great level.

Mario Biondi is one of the most popular Italian artists abroad, appreciated from the beginning of his career that he has earned the esteem across the border by the public and professionals, thanks to the excellent collaboration with international artists, including the one with Burt Bacharach.

You can buy tickets for the Mario Biondi’s concert on TicketOne. Do not miss the chance to hear live one of the most interesting voices of Italian music, and take the opportunity to stay a few days in Florence: book now your room at one of the best hotels in the city center with Ars Hotels.

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The Modà concert in Florence

19 Sep 2011

modà concerto firenzeOn October 17, 2011 on stage at the Mandela Forum in Florence will perform Modà for the only concert in Tuscany in occasion of “Viva i romantici” (Long live the Romantics) tour, started in July and that will visit several cities throughout Italy.

The tour follows the release of Modà’s last album “Viva i romantici” which came out last February and debuted at number one best-selling albums chart.

The Modà is one of the most interesting bands of the Italian musical scene, catching public attention in 2010 with the single “Sono già solo” (I’m Already Only), for 40 consecutive weeks at the top of the charts.

The success of Modà has been recently strengthened through the participation at the 61st edition of the Sanremo Festival with the song “Arriverà” (It will come) – performed together with the singer Emma – who won second place in the category of Big.

Buy tickets for Modà on TicketOne, and if you intend to stay in Florence after the concert, choose a hotel of the Ars Hotels Firenze’s chain.

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Gucci Museum in Florence

15 Sep 2011

Museo Gucci FirenzeTo celebrate 90 years of the maison, on September 26th, 2011 will be opened in Florence the Gucci Museum, at Palazzo della Mercatanzia in Piazza della Signoria. The exhibition is over three floors and 1,700 square feet of space. At the entrance is located the Cadillac Seville, designed by Gucci in 1979, in the three upper floors can see the most celebrated pieces of the history of the brand. There will also be photos, images and more details creations of recent years, such as Gucci Cruiser bicyle, a limited edition bike, and surf boards produced in two colors, red and blue.

Gucci large area of ​​the museum will be dedicated to horse riding. Some symbols, the tape strips from the terminal based on the girth of the saddle, are still details of the iconic brand. An additional space of the museum will host clothes designed for celebrities, actors and actresses who have trod the red carpet leading to the world, both past and in recent years.

borsa Gucci

In the basement will be guarded but the archive with the most valuable pieces, the whole history of the brand. For the opening show of the best craftsmen of the brand to an audience of selected customers and the press the craftsmanship with which bags are still produced icons such as the Bamboo Bag, the New Jackie, G Wave.

An exhibition to not miss expects all the Gucci fashion enthusiasts: take the opportunity to spend a few days in Florence, reserve your room at one of the prestigious Ars Hotels Firenze.

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International Ceramics Fair in Florence

12 Sep 2011

Fiera Ceramica Firenze

In October 2011, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd, at Piazza SS. Annunziata in Florence will hold a new edition of the International Fair of Ceramics, an exhibition of contemporary ceramics.

The Ceramics Fair makes its first appearance in Piazza SS. Annunziata in October 2000. Since then, working in close collaboration with the Association of Ceramic Art, the exhibition has become a popular meeting point between the master potters of great prestige and role model for other events in Italy.

In the two days of the Fair – from 10 a.m. to 19 p.m. – will be exhibited the works of 60 Italian and European potters who offer a meaningful picture of creating contemporary ceramics.

You can find used items on display decorations, ceramic sculptures and jewelry made ​​with different techniques: the immediacy of raku, an ancient Japanese technique used for the tea ceremony, the reassuring solidity of the sandstone, typical of northern European regions, the liveliness and docility of the pottery, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, the refined qualities of luster, to fine china.

The International Ceramics Fair in Florence has free entry. If you are particularly fond of ceramic creations you can not miss this event: book now your room at one of the Ars Hotels Florence, located in the historic center of Florence.

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Vasari’s Exhibition at the Uffizi in Florence

08 Sep 2011

Bernardino Gaffurri e Jaques Bylivelt, Ovato con la prospettiva della piazza granducale, mosaico in pietre dureUntil October 30th 2011 at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence will host the exhibition “Vasari, the Uffizi Gallery and the Duke”, to mark the fifth centenary of Giorgio Vasari’s birth (1511-1574).

Subject of the exhibition is the founding of the Uffizi, which occurred between the years 1559-1560: more than a building, an architectural system on an urban scale, the result of close collaboration between the Duke Cosimo I de ‘Medici, and Vasari, his favorite artist.

The Uffizi was designed to be welded into one body the two ducal residences of Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti, across the Arno, giving the city the physical presence of power in the form of architecture.

The exhibition Vasari, the Uffizi Gallery and the Duke, which starts from the personalities of protagonists-makers (the Duke and his artist), put first in the urban scene between Palazzo Vecchio and the Arno river before the construction of Uffizi Gallery, and then illustrates the stages of policy design and construction of the complex, whose site stands as the largest of the sixteenth century in Florence, evoked by ancient working tools which are flanked finds that, for centuries drowned in filling times, were recently rediscovered.

The Uffizi was also the result of a vibrant artistic environment, polarized by the court and on which hung the terrible grandeur of Michelangelo’s genius. A competitive environment, as witnessed in the exhibition, which Vasari had been kept at a distance and fought until his triumphal entry (1554) in the service of Duke. The artistic statement of Vasari, which goes with its political legitimacy, was also driven from his historiographical production, strengthened the foundation of the Academy of Design.

A very rich exhibition, interesting and original awaits you at the Uffizi in Florence. Take the opportunity to organize a vacation in the cradle of the Renaissance: book your room with Ars Hotels Firenze, in the heart of the city.

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Feast of “Rificolona” in Florence

05 Sep 2011

Fiera Rificolona Firenze

On 7th and 8th September 2011 Florence will host the traditional Feast of the Rificolona, ​​one of the manifestations of folklore passed down among the young Florentine to carry around colored paper lanterns, from the most varied and bizarre hanging on top of a cane.

The origins of the Rificolona dating from the mid seventeenth century, when on September 7 farmers came to town to celebrate the Nativity of Our Lady and to sell their products on the square in front of the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata. During the night the farmers cleared the way with lanterns of various shapes hanging from the top of the barrel or poles: the so-called “rificolone”.

At night the pilgrims, however, were unable to sleep for the noise made by groups of young people who poured into the square. The female farmers, especially, were the target of ridicule by the young Florentine.

Then, as if to underline this funny habit, for the appointment of 7 September in Florence began to build lanterns inspired by the forms of farming, which were hung with long rods and carried out with great noise.

Even today the party continues and colorful lanterns hung you can still see a little everywhere, the windows of buildings, in public housing, along the river and on the streets of Florence. Of the remaining party is also the “market” means Fierucola of Bread, which since 1984 has it in Piazza SS. Annunziata the first weekend of September.

The program of the Feast of Rificolona

September 7th, 2011

Rificolona in the Arno – Allegories of paper mache boats lit by paper lanterns and award the most original rificolona.

September 8th, 2011

From Piazza Santa Croce to Piazza Santissima Annunziata procession of lanterns.

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Wine Town 2011 in Florence

01 Sep 2011

Wine Town 2011 Firenze

On 24th and 25th September 2011 in the historic center of Florence will be held Wine Town, an event dedicated to those who love the “wine of the author”. Shows and concerts enliven the tasting of quality wines in the most beautiful cloisters and interior spaces of historical buildings of Florence, only open to the public for this occasion, including: the Central Market, the Courtyard Ammannati Palazzo Pitti, Palazzo Corsini Suarez, Palazzo Guicciardini, Nonfinito Palace, Palazzo Pazzi Quaratesi, Palazzo Antinori, Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, Davanzati Palace, Palace Gianfigliazzi, the Magisterium.

The Wine Town event is an invitation to drink aware, the rediscovery of the ancient values of conviviality. Born from the union of the art of fine wine as its fruit, a mixture of lifestyles, culture and territory.

The event is divided into 10 tracks, or 10 points of view to talk about wine, architecture, art, archeology, marketing, communication, innovation, children’s play. There will also cooking show, thinking the bottle design, new technologies and a treasure hunt through the streets of the historic center.

Opening hours of Wine Town:
Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 11.00 to 23.00
Sunday, September 25, 2011 from 11.00 to 21.00

The tastings will be conducted during the opening hours of the event, upon purchase of WineCard. For more information visit www.winetown.it

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