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Secret passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation

For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords

The Independent UK

Louis Vuitton, Notre Dame and the quest for ‘secular immortality’

The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris has recalled debate over the €200 million contribution of France’s Bernard Arnault, the CEO of the LVMH luxury group, to its restoration. Announced in the hours after fire devastated the cathedral in April 2019, the donation surprised many but aligned with Arnault’s track record as a…

The Conversation

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael review – bitchy Da Vinci conquers the army of gnarly nudes

The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand

The Guardian - UK

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€100m Botticelli painting forgotten for 50 years recovered from Naples home

Restoration planned for renaissance master’s work that was last checked on half a century ago

The Guardian - UK

Napoleon: the film's fashion tells a story of its own, from cropped hair to ribbon chokers

In his epic historical drama, Ridley Scott depicts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career not only through a military lens but a romantic one, suggesting that Napoleon’s global conquests were driven by a desire to conquer his wife Josephine’s heart.

The Conversation

Michelangelo’s secret sketches under church in Florence open to public

Artist spent months in a chamber below the Medici Chapels to evade Pope Clement VII’s death sentence

The Guardian - UK

Easy Escapes: Relax in a stylish Tuscan villa at L’Andana hotel

Think sublime solitude in a beautiful villa once owned by the Medicis in Tuscany. Ciao bella...

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Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance – a once-in-a-lifetime show

The UK’s forthcoming Donatello exhibition will capture the Florentine artist’s revolutionary genius for perspective, male beauty and, above all, empathy

The Guardian - UK

Pele was always about more than football

A Netflix documentary explored the life of one of football’s greatest-ever players and the country that loved him like no other, Miguel Delaney writes

The Independent UK

Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi review – a great mystery in the picture

Why did Botticelli endure centuries of obscurity? And what happened to those Dante illustrations? A fresh account of the Renaissance explores the answer

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