Statua di Leonardo da Vinci davanti al Castello di Amboise, in Francia

Talking about artists in Tuscany it's like talking about water in the Arno or beer at the Oktoberfest, something so abundant and, in this specific case, of excellent quality, that it is even impossible to address the topic in just a few lines.

It is clear that in the land of Leonardo, Dante, Giotto, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Massaccio, Botticelli, just to mention the absolute artistic geniuses, keeping quiet about all the others, even if we're always talking about geniuses, we could simply recommend you read the articles in this section which, through tools and images from the 2000s, disseminate knowledge that was already extensively explored long before us.

Stories and curiosities about great artists

But it is not only like this, since we do not have only I talked about David, of the Dome, of Piero della Francesca, of Arnolfo di Cambio or of Pico della Mirandola. No. In truth we have framed everything in a broader discussion which, among others, also concerns the Tuscany itself as an inspiring land.

This is how an article such as “To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming.”, in which, starting from a Spinoza's aphorism, we have implicitly demonstrated that it is no coincidence that a frightening amount of genes was born right in Tuscany.

And in the same way another piece was born entitled “Tuscany is changing the world: yes, we can”, based on an aphorism of uncertain authorship (Mahatma Gandhi? Albert Einstein? Steve Jobs?):

“Only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world they really change it”.

In other cases, however, we ventured into the lesser-known aspects of the great Tuscan geniuses.

Did you know, for example, that among the many disciplines in which he excelled Leonardo there was also the wine, which he was extremely passionate about? So much so that it would now be called agronomist (he owned vineyards), winemaker And taster technician, practically a sommelier ante litteram.

Or maybe, as far as theElba Island, if more or less everyone knows the story of the exile of Napoleon, perhaps not everyone knows about the journey of Alexandre Dumas from which the idea for “ was bornThe Count of Monte Cristo”.

Important contemporary artists in Tuscany

In the end, last but not least, this section of our Tuscan magazine takes a careful and exploratory look at contemporary art and artists linked in some way to Tuscany. Sylvestre Gauvrit - French sculptor and collaborator of Stonethica, an eco-sustainable project for the production of stone materials -, Moreno Ratti, a designer who spans the worlds of decorative arts, architecture and interiors; from the acting talent of the brilliant Ludovico Torri, to the sculptural genius of Jean-Michel Folon - the author of the bronze statue/fountain, “The Rain Man,” located in the southern Florence area - TuscanyPeople goes in search of some more hidden contemporary gems.

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