Opificio delle Pietre Dure – Florentine “salesman” and the art of wonderment
From the earliest antiquity, stone was considered the “dwelling place” of divinity
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The Pratolino Park the daring project of Prince Francesco I de’ Medici
(text Taken from Pratolino, the alchemical dream of Francesco I de 'Medici, myths, symbols and allegories, by Costanza Riva) "Wonder or amazement is nothing more than a great desire to [...]