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What did Arianna Brandolini d’Adda ’07 learn from her experience as one of FM’s hottest freshman? “Looks really do matter.” For Brandolini d’Adda, being hot means doing the unexpected like “streaking [through] Quincy dining hall...at 3 am.” Next year she will “save the world, one crazy person at a time” as she works toward becoming a psychologist. Brandolini d’Adda claims her peak was Pre-frosh weekend...
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...when Countess Simonetta Brandolini d'Adda, an American who has lived in Florence with her Italian husband for 30 years, saw the need to help protect and preserve the city's staggering cultural legacy, she thought of her own countrymen. "So many Americans have a special rapport with Florence," says Brandolini, who sells and rents out luxury Italian properties through her real-estate agency, The Best in Italy. "They come back to Florence all the time." Thus in 1998 was born Friends of Florence, fashioned after the nonprofit art and architecture preservation foundation, Save Venice. Although based in Washington...
...choose their favorite among 22 16th century paintings in the Accademia's Tribune (home of Michelangelo's David), and have their names appear on a plaque below the painting as the major donor for its restoration. Mel Gibson and his wife chose Alessandro Allori's Madonna Enthroned. Says Brandolini: "There was an explosion of color because these are all Mannerist paintings. It was the first time that people walked in there, and they weren't looking at the David...
...foundation. The Friends sponsored the diagnostic testing that will determine how the restoration proceeds, and they're funding a DVD and website containing all the latest research on the statue. Was it hard to get the money? "The $200,000 for David were gathered literally in 24 hours," says Brandolini. Information: www.friendsofflorence.org