AN EYE ON FLORENCE
Awarded World's Best City in 2007 by Travel+Leisure (T+L) Magazine, before Buenos Aires and Bangkok, Florence (or Firenze in Italian), one of Italy's most livable and loveable cities, is definitely a living museum and a modern metropolis, thanks to its manageable size, cultural vastness, culinary traditions and rare beauty – a city you wouldn’t want to miss.
Nowadays, a trip to Tuscany's capital goes beyond basking in the city's Renaissance splendor. Photographers and contemporary artists claim new ground, while dramatic arts and music occupy a more prominent place in everyday life. Young chefs and designers expressing their desire to move forward in originality, deriving inspiration from Florence's mythic past, soaring food and fashion to new heights. Innumerable reasons why Florence became one of the world's most beloved cities, convincing you to experiment the city’s persistent lust for life and historic glory that never ceases to inspire or convincing you of the greatness that human beings are capable of achieving.
Do you want to get into the atmosphere even before arriving in Florence? Learn a few expressions in Italian, using a pleasant and extremely trendy method, a real Italian language class from your home that will introduce you straight to the Official Island of Tuscany - just log in the Second Life and attend one of the language courses organized by the Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci, the leading Italian language school in Italy.
Let’s see then what's new these days.
Emotional Systems at Strozzina
The contemporary art in the heart of the Florentine Renaissance opened november 2007, as a platform for the wide range of practices that characterise contemporary art and culture. The CCCS is located in the recently restored rooms under the magnificent inner courtyard in Palazzo Strozzi known as la Strozzina, formerly housing the cellars of the Palazzo.
The Emotional Systems is the inaugural exhibition, lasting until February 2008, under the motto - art between Emotion and Reason. It will investigate the topic of emotions through a reinterpretation of the work of art, the contemporary artist and the user, in light of recent discoveries in the neurological sciences about the human brain and its effects on the emotions.
The organizers promise that you will find yourself being involved at sensorial, cognitive and emotional levels as you will experience the multimedia installations, videos, digital animations, monumental paintings and other visual, audio and corporal stimuli.
More info at: www.palazzostrozzi.org and www.strozzina.it
Admission Fee: € 10.00 Strozzina and ControModa exhibition
Are you a passionate about 20th century art? Then you wouldn't want to miss the unique opportunity to enjoy “A signature in red. Guttuso in Pontassieve” - Renato Guttuso’s masterpieces on display at the Sala delle Colonne, an exhibition of high historical and documentary value, celebrating one of the most famous and appreciated Italian artists of the XX century, twenty years after his death. The unique setting of the exhibition aims at enhancing the strong expressiveness of the artist, through the presentation of works from the various periods that have characterized the intense activity of Guttuso.
More info at www.comune.pontassieve.fi.it/guttuso/index.htm - Free admission
Breathe the contemporary new air of Florence, but make sure you take time to enjoy the city’s simple pleasures – spend some time in the squares where you might enjoy relaxing, having a coffee and just watching people passing by, see art, eat, drink, see more art, shop, hear music, take a day trip into the Tuscan countryside, see more art, eagerly plan for your return visit – Florence is always re-inventing.
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