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The Florentine Renaissance
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Italy Painting and Sculpture | No Comments »
A date often given for the start of the Renaissance is 1401, when the Florentine authorities announced a public competition for the right to make a second door for the ... Read more..The Middle Ages
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Italy Painting and Sculpture | No Comments »
Italy at first played a rather subsidiary role in the Europe-wide re-emergence from the Dark Ages. The Byzantine tradition proved surprisingly durable, particularly in Venice and Sicily, which both retained ... Read more..