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The image of La Madonna del Parto (English: Our Lady of Parturition) is a religious depiction of the Blessed Virgin Mary as pregnant which was popularised in Tuscany, Italy during the 14th—century. Notable examples include works by Taddeo Gaddi , Bernardo Daddi and Nardo di Cione , but the fresco by Piero della Francesca in the Museum of ...
The Florentine Diamond is a lost diamond of Indian origin. It is light yellow in colour with very slight green overtones. It is cut in the form of an irregular (although very intricate) nine-sided 126-facet double rose cut, with a weight of 137.27 carats (27.454 g).
Tuscany's literary scene particularly thrived in the 13th century and the Renaissance. In Tuscany, especially in the Middle Ages, popular love poetry existed. A school of imitators of the Sicilians was led by Dante da Maiano, but its literary originality took another line – that of humorous and satirical poetry. The democratic form of ...
The Uffizi Gallery (UK: / juː ˈ f ɪ t s i, ʊ ˈ f iː t s i / yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; [2] [3] Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Vinci (English: / ˈ v ɪ n tʃ i / VIN-chee, Italian:) [3] is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. [4] The birthplace of Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci lies just outside the town.
Comedian Jack Benny mentions Sorano in a running gag on both the radio and television versions of The Jack Benny Program, in which Jack has written a song entitled “When You Say 'I Beg Your Pardon,' Then I’ll Come Back to You.” [3] In the gag, each time Jack reaches the lyric “when the swallows at Sorano return to Capistrano,” the song is interrupted by a cast member or guest star ...
Pasquale Poccianti, Cisternone, Livorno. Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany established itself between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century within a historical-political framework substantially aligned with the one that affected the rest of the Italian peninsula, while nonetheless developing original features.