Paul Bird - Finestre sull'Arte

Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument to Giovanni Acuto, a symbol of the Renaissance

Driving north along the road connecting Cortona to Castiglion Fiorentino, one will notice on the right the Castle of Montecchio Vesponi: until the end of the 14th century, this fortress belonged to the English condottiere John Hawkwood (Sible Heding...
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Paolo Uccello's "gran et bel facto darme". The Battle of San Romano

San Romano, June 1, 1432. In this plain, between Montopoli and Pontedera, took place the gran et bel facto darme, in the words of the chronicler Guerriero da Gubbio, which did not have a decisive effect in the war that had been opposing F...
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