Italy On This Day

Creator of the famous Perseus bronze had a dark history Cellini's bronze of Perseus with the Head of Medusa in Piazza della Sign...

Career scarred by petty jealousies Bartolommeo Bandinelli - a self-portrait The sculptor Bartolommeo Bandinelli, a contemporary and...

Masterpiece emerged from an abandoned block of marble A replica of Michelangelo's David now stands  in front of the Palazzo Ve...

Saved hundreds of artworks damaged by Arno floods Umberto Baldini Umberto Baldini, the art historian who helped save hundreds of ...