Leith Steel

Carrara marble is world famous, mention the name and immediately one thinks of Michelangelo’s Il David or Pietà; but not everyone realizes that just outside of Florence is a small cave, which Read more [...]

Domenico Bigordi, born in Florence in 1449, was the first of five children. The nickname “Ghirlandaio” came from his father’s art as a goldsmith. In fact, his father was a famous Read more [...]

Recently, underground rooms and corridors were discovered below the Basilica of San Lorenzo. They probably belonged to an ancient city that remained hidden through centuries. On the walls, there Read more [...]

One of Michelangelo’s least known inventions is the polyhedron, which shows the link Michelangelo had with Leonardo da Vinci. It is an object made of two hemispheres faceted in 60 small Read more [...]

Ten years after the flood, in 1975, the Medici Chapels were restored. After the restoration works, a concealed corridor of 7 meters by 2 was found below the New Sacristy (Sagrestia Nuova). In Read more [...]