Florentine
From Dante's city
Florentine means of or relating to Florence, the Italian city renowned for Renaissance art and architecture.
A Florentine is a native or resident of Florence: The Florentines commissioned Michelangelo's David.
The term evokes the city's artistic and cultural heritage—Florentine painting, Florentine craftsmanship, Florentine banking families like the Medici. (Lowercase florentine describes dishes prepared with spinach.)
European cultural reawakening
- UffiziFlorentine art museum
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
Giotto · Donatello · Brunelleschi · Vasari · quattrocento · fresco · palazzo · guild
Tuscan watercourse
- SienaTuscan hill city
- PisaTuscan city, tilting tower
- LuccaWalled Tuscan municipality
- Ponte VecchioMedieval Florentine bridge with shops
campanile · terracotta · cypress · olive groves · vineyards
Decorative stitching on fabric
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- goldworkEmbroidery using metallic threads
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- stitchThread loop in fabric
brocade · vestment · ornate · couching · scrollwork · gilding · filigree · embellished
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- UffiziFlorentine art museum
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
Michelangelo · Giotto · Donatello · Brunelleschi · Vasari · quattrocento · fresco · palazzo · guild · humanism
Arno
Tuscan watercourse
Ponte Vecchio · campanile · terracotta · cypress · olive groves · vineyards
embroidery
Decorative stitching on fabric
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- goldworkEmbroidery using metallic threads
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
stitch · brocade · vestment · ornate · couching · scrollwork · gilding · filigree · embellished · intricate
panzanella
Soaked stale loaf salad
- pappardelleWide flat Italian noodles
- pecorinoItalian sheep's milk cheese
- vin santoTuscan wine from raisined grapes
Chianti · ragu · crostini · porchetta · gelato · trattoria · antipasti · bruschetta · olive oil · biscotti
- Italian dialectsVenetian, Lombard, Sicilian, Umbrian, Neapolitan
- Renaissance artMichelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian
- City DwellersLondoner, Parisian, New Yorker, Berliner, Roman
- Medieval ItalyVenice, Genoa, Milan, Pisa, Naples
- Renaissance ItalyLeonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Last Supper, Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo
- Tuscan dialectsTuscan
- eggs florentinePoached atop wilted greens
- Florentine RepublicTuscan commune before ducal rule