Articles by Aleid Ford

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…
Adoration of the Magi or Pala Strozzi (1422), altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano (1370- 1427), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Originally placed in t…
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…
Words by Aleid Ford The 18th-century British architecture was dominated by Palladio. The 16th-century Italian wrote books on buildings which became th…