Uffizi Gallery

Italy for Museum Lovers: Don't Miss These Five Museums

Paolo Rossi | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Turin, Art, Venice, Rome, Naples, Italy, Museum, Florence, Slidepollajax, Museo Egizio, Gallerie Dell'accademia, Italian Museum, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Musei Vaticani, Uffizi Gallery, European Travel, Travel News
Paolo Rossi

Although rarities, such as the peperoncino museum and the olive museum (yes, Italians love their food), are great places to visit, there are a few museums you really must visit during a stay in Italy.

Read Post

Using Google Art To Explore Famous, Unfinished Paintings

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parmigianino, Willem De Kooning, Art, Modernism, Art History, Art Criticism, Richard Dadd, Contemporary Art, Art Theory, Paul Cezanne, Painting, Renaissance Art, Jacques-Louis David, Chris Ofili, Google Art Project, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, Kunstmuseum Basel, Uffizi-Gallery, Arts News
James Elkins

I have been writing about looking slowly, taking the time to see the visual world. My first column was about a Mondrian painting, and it included some...

Read Post

ART + TECHNOLOGY: Italian Masterpieces Just A Click Away

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caravaggio, Technology in Art, Art Masterpieces, Leonardo Da Vinci, Digital Paintings, Italy, Italian Art, Italian Artists, Art and Technology, Uffizi Gallery, Botticelli, Haltadefenizione, Arts News

ROME — Imagine being so close to Botticelli's Venus that you can see the strands of her blond hair, the shades of pink in her cheeks, the cracks...

Read Whole Story