Tom Conti stars as Medici court artist Giorgio Vasari in a story of pride, love and legacy combined with an epic journey through the art of the Renaissance. Written by Eileen Horne.
Partly damaged by the catastrophic 1966 flood of the Arno, Michelangelo's Florence tombstone just got a $118,000 restoration.
A show at the Louvre expands our understanding of the Florentine father of Western painting, who brought a revelatory naturalism and narrative sense to his work in the 13th century.