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The exhibition, set up at the Museum of Fashion and Costume in Palazzo Pitti, extended until September 20, 2020, traces an itinerary on the role and function of Roman shoes: from the sturdy spiked military shoes, to the sophisticated sandals of patrician ladies, which made the female foot seductive, to the sturdy men's shoes stopped with braided leather that enhanced the anatomy of the extremities. These artifacts, the work of skilled craftsmen, are illustrated in detail by ancient statues and later inspired copies created by skilled craftsmen for the characters in historical films and colossal sixties that evoked the life and costumes of imperial Rome. Later on, those shoes were revisited by famous designers, who interpreted the shoe as an accessory related to the dress, able to reflect the personality of the wearer, to show its character: from the provocative sensuality of the high heel, to the elegant dynamism of the low heel moccasin, from the minimal but not anonymous shapes and cuts, to the imaginative revisitation of ancient models, more imaginary than real. time: Tuesday - Sunday, 8.30 - 13.30 Florence Museums 055-290383
“La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory”, progetto di mecenatismo contemporaneo per l’alto artigianato artistico, promosso da Starhotels in collaborazione con Fondazione Cologni, OMA-Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte e Gruppo Editoriale, dopo il grande successo di pubblico ottenuto al Fuorisalone milanese 2023 sarà in mostra al Giardino Corsini (15/17 settembre, Firenze) con un allestimento inedito: il […]
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As of September 4, applications are open to participate in “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza” (One School, One Job. Pathways to Excellence) the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte’s training internships project. All public and private schools and training institutions in the artistic crafts sectors are invited to send in applications from their best […]
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From Sept. 15 to 17, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Corsini Garden in Florence, “Crafts and Palace. Artisan workshops and their commissions” will give life, also in this XXIX edition, to a new visual narrative revealing different perspectives of savoir faire through the dialogue of the great protagonists of this 2023: Métiers […]
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In this year, the artist and the Manifattura Fornaci di San Lorenzo, in Borgo San Lorenzo, Mugello, are the protagonists of initiatives that follow one another to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Galileo Chini’s birth and the variety of his work among painting, ceramics, stained glass and architectural decorations that express, although with different materials, […]
