Word: tuscans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...revelatory tales of the kitchen have made him a star, and Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley. One tribute evening honors Alsatian chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, another celebrates great women chefs such as Suzanne Goin of Luques in Los Angeles, and the grand finale is a Tuscan evening hosted by Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali. www.sobewineandfoodfest.com...
...commercialization of beach access is hardly unique to Greece - commercial operators are encroaching on beaches all around the Mediterranean. On the Tuscan and Ligurian coasts, for example, sun worshipers can be charged upwards of $25 a day for a chair and patch of sun, sunblock not included. And Mayor Kortzidis is not alone in fighting back: In recent weeks, Italian protesters have been walking directly through concession areas without paying to get to the beach, a 16-foot strip of which, under Italian law, must be open to all. In Greece, similar legislation also calls for 160 feet of open...
...That thought lands us in and around the Tuscan city of Arezzo, staring at the masterpieces of native son and inveterate traveler Piero della Francesca, who, after centuries of being overlooked, is now considered one of the masters of the early Renaissance. Art historian Carlo Bertelli says Piero was appreciated at the time for his innovative way with perspective, but he is now also prized for his "enigmatic" touch. "He is a painter of enormous clarity, but also of great reflection," says Bertelli. "You could say that it was necessary that he 'slept' in these centuries so that he could...
...After a nearly 15-year restoration that was completed in 2000, the fresco has become a must-see stop on any Tuscan art lover's itinerary. It is this (necessarily permanent) presence of The Legend of the True Cross in Arezzo, along with other notable Piero works housed in his birthplace of Borgo Sansepolcro and the nearby village of Monterchi, that make the current exhibit so powerful. The unprecedented collection of his six paintings on display - brought in from the Louvre and Uffizi, among other sources - shares the billing with Piero's famous works already residing in and around Arezzo...
...sister Gertrude, Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, portraitist John Singer Sargent, painter John La Farge, novelist Edith Wharton and British Gothic writer Vernon Lee (the pseudonym of Violet Paget, whom novelist Henry James, himself a frequent visitor to Italy, called "the most intelligent person in Florence") all clustered in the Tuscan town...