Articles by Aleid Ford

Mon, 01/05/2015 - 06:04
Words by Aleid Ford Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone (1401-1428) was the shooting star in the Florentine firmament, gone almost as soon as his brillia…
Sun, 01/04/2015 - 03:00
Adoration of the Magi or Pala Strozzi (1422), altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano (1370- 1427), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Originally placed in t…
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 06:11
Words by Aleid FordIn the winter of 1508, Rome was drenched by heavy rains. The new year was whipped in by the tramontana, the frigid north wind reput…
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 07:01
Words by Aleid Ford The 18th-century British architecture was dominated by Palladio. The 16th-century Italian wrote books on buildings which became th…