Florence, famously dubbed the “city of stone” by writer Mary McCarthy, has more art treasures per square foot than any other city in the world. The immense parade of cathedrals and palazzi, chapels and crypts, paintings, sculptures and frescoes casts such a powerful spell that Florence has a tendency to overwhelm even the most prepared art connoisseur.
The problem isn’t just that there are gems to behold at seemingly every turn. But everything is displayed in such a quotidian, nonchalant manner...