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Renaissance Art Donatello

Posted in Uncategorized | October 31st, 2010

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Italy Planning Made Easy

The Grand Tour was established in 1660. It literally put tourism on the map in Italy, and ironically, travelers still love the very same sights and travel attractions.

Every tour of Italy should include the jewel of Renaissance Italy, Florence. For centuries, the Medici had great influence in this city, supporting artists such as Michalangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, Giotto, Pontormo and Boticelli. A few travel highlights you will want to see are Michelangelo’s David, the Palace of Bargello, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Cappelle Medici, Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens, Giotto’s Bell Tower and the San Lorenzo market.

Venice spans one hundred and seventeen small islands. You will find there are over one hundred and fifty canals in Venice, and four hundred and nine bridges connect them. The Grand Canal is certainly big with travels, and so is the Vaporetto, or waterbus. A few other sights to include are the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Pisani, The Clock Tower, St. Mark’s Basilica, San Rocco, and Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto.

You will find Pisa on the right bank of the Arno River. It’s most famous attraction by far is the Leaning Tower, but a few other sights worth seeing include the Baptistery, Campo Santo, Pisa Cathedral, National Museum, Santa Maria della Spina,and the Campo dei Miracoli.

Bologna offers visitors a chance to see Roman baths, temples and amphitheatres, mixed with Baroque palaces, churches and squares. Make sure to visit the Archeological Museum, Bevilacqua Palace, Palazzo della Mercanzia, St. Dominic’s Church, San Martino, Casa Isolani and the Basilica di San Pietro.

What can one say about Rome? It is a vacation, all by itself. While you’re there, be sure to visit the Vatican, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, Piazza Navona, the Roman Forum, Campidoglio, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Castel Sant’Angelo and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pizza is probably one of Italy’s most famous foods, and it originated in Naples. This marvelous city is close to lots of great attractions, so it makes a perfect base for tourists. While you are there, however, be sure to see the Piazza del Plebiscito, Piazza Mercato, The National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Via Toledo, Spaccanapoli, the Duomo, Santa Chiara Church, Castel Dell’Ovo and Teatro San Carlo.

In the 18th century, Pompeii’s ruins were discovered. They contain 2,000 year old old temples, villas, and art. While there, you will also want to see the House of the Gilded Cupids, the House of the Vettii, the House of the Mysteries, the Necropolis, the House of Menander, the Stabian Baths, and the Street of Tombs.

In modern Ercolano, you will find the remains of Herculaneum. Much of the old town is buried under the modern day one, but it still offers peak at history. While there, be sure to see the Suburban Baths, House of the Bicentenary, House of the Deer, Palestra, and Sacello degli Augustali.

Italy offer visitors a glimpse of Renaissance art, architecture, and Roman antiquities, but it also provides its own heritage of food, wine and music. From the canals of Venice to the Vatican, there is something here for everyone.

Donatello, Italian Renaissance, Art Nouveau covers, in German 1907

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The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini (Metropolitan Museum of Art

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