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Elaine Ruffolo, who surveys Italy’s artistic and architectural heritage during her Art-full Fridays series, has cultivated a devoted audience. Here’s a rara opportunità to meet the Florence-based art historian while she’s visiting Washington, D.C., this summer. While the day of the week—Thursday—might be a surprise, the topic of her presentation isn’t: Ruffolo focuses on the place she calls home.
She reveals a city in which narrow alleys lead to graceful piazzas where the massive scale of churches and civic buildings—and the splendid art works they house—reflect the wealth once generated by the city’s thriving economy. The cradle of the Renaissance, Florence is replete with frescoes, paintings, sculpture, and architecture created in an era in which art was the cornerstone of cultural activity.
Works by Giotto, Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Raphael are all concentrated in the city’s churches, museums, and public spaces. Join Ruffolo as she traces the art and history of this jewel of a city, from the dawn of the Renaissance to the era of the Medici dukes.
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