John T Spike

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Italia
Florence
John T Spike

John Thomas Spike is a noted art historian, author and lecturer, specializing in Italian Renaissance “Art is neither new or old, but always contemporary.

Florence was made great by contemporary artists named Giotto, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo. In every place and time, creative artists find new ways to tell the age-old stories.”

“Firenze fu resa grande da artisti contemporanei come Giotto, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo. In ogni tempo e luogo, i grandi artisti trovano parole nuove per raccontare le stesse verità.”

03/06/2026

YESTERDAY, five museum curators and art teachers traveled from across Italy to Foligno to celebrate a dear friend. Giovanni Carnevali, 87, is the renowned bibliotecario dell’arte, JTS and Feliciano Paoli have known him for 40 years, brought together by their publisher.

22/05/2026

ARNO AT SUNSET. After a rain that washed the city clean and did the vineyards a favor.

12/05/2026

MATTIA PRETI’S “Prodigal Son” was the Best Picture in the BAROCCO show visited today by JTS, MKS & Friends.

26/04/2026

FIFTY YEARS LATER THIS IS WHERE I BECAME AN ART HISTORIAN. The frescoes in the apse are by Mattia Preti.

14/04/2026

7:05 PM IN FLORENCE. Walking across the Arno River, all kinds of people to see!

06/04/2026

CATCH JTS & MKS LECTURES AT THE 'BREVISSIME: Lezioni di storia delle arti' event in Florence this Wednesday 8 April. Link to tickets below: https://www.brevissime.org/

27/03/2026

TONIGHT’S SETTING SUN IS REFLECTED IN THE UFFIZI WINDOWS. JTS and MKS returned to Florence yesterday morning. Nothing’s changed.

25/02/2026

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MATTIA PRETI! Look at this wonderful party in your honor! Preti was born in Taverna on 24 February 1613. This is one of his favorite subjects.

05/02/2026

NOBODY CAUGHT THE ‘TRIUMPH OF VENICE’ BETTER THAN POMPEO BATONI. Although he passed his whole career in Rome. On this day 5 February 1708, baby Batoni was baptized in his birthplace of Lucca.

18/01/2026

SUBJECTS FOUND ON A BOOKSHELF IN VA: Florentine Art, Jack Kerouac & Jim Brown. The great Cleveland Browns autograph courtesy of NNS.

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