Download or read book The Chapel of the Magi written by Benozzo (di Lese) and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medici family chapel is a jewel-like room and, despite changes that have been made to it over the years, it houses the best preserved of Renaissance fresco cycles

Download or read book The Uffizi Gallery Museum written by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren and published by Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, on which construction began in 1560, houses such masterpieces as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, as well as works by Bronzino, Caravaggio, Titian, and Rubens. Connected to the Pitti Palace by a corridor designed by Vasari that crosses the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery is a one-of-a-kind museum. This gorgeous oversize book showcases the extraordinary collection, and Alexandra Bonfante-Warren provides fascinating context by relating the story of the museum’s construction and complex history.

Download or read book Renaissance Art Science Florence written by Susan B. Puett and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creativity of the human mind was brilliantly displayed during the Florentine Renaissance when artists, mathematicians, astronomers, apothecaries, architects, and others embraced the interconnectedness of their disciplines. Artists used mathematical perspective in painting and scientific techniques to create new materials; hospitals used art to invigorate the soul; apothecaries prepared and dispensed, often from the same plants, both medicinals for patients and pigments for painters; utilitarian glassware and maps became objects to be admired for their beauty; art enhanced depictions of scientific observations; and innovations in construction made buildings canvases for artistic grandeur. An exploration of these and other intersections of art and science deepens our appreciation of the magnificent contributions of the extraordinary Florentines.

Download or read book An Art Lover s Guide to Florence written by Judith Testa and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time. The sheer number and proximity of works of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Florence can be so overwhelming that Florentine hospitals treat hundreds of visitors each year for symptoms brought on by trying to see them all, an illness famously identified with the French author Stendhal. While most guidebooks offer only brief descriptions of a large number of works, with little discussion of the historical background, Judith Testa gives a fresh perspective on the rich and brilliant art of the Florentine Renaissance in An Art Lover's Guide to Florence. Concentrating on a number of the greatest works, by such masters as Botticelli and Michelangelo, Testa explains each piece in terms of what it meant to the people who produced it and for whom they made it, deftly treating the complex interplay of politics, sex, and religion that were involved in the creation of those works. With Testa as a guide, armchair travelers and tourists alike will delight in the fascinating world of Florentine art and history.

Download or read book Museology and Values written by Timothy Verdon and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do 21st-century women and men still believe that museums can, through the way they display art, help shape their visitors' sense of the dignity of the person? Through the readings of history and style which they propose, can museums help bridge the gap that today seems to separate present from past, isolating individuals and groups in a contemporaneity without roots? If so, how? If not, why?

Download or read book The Art of Florence in Its Great Museums written by Anna Mazzanti and published by Scala Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Bookseller of Florence written by Ross King and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bookseller of Florence captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance amid the technological disruption that forever changed the ways knowledge spread, from the bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling. The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world. Born in 1422, Vespasiano da Bisticci became what a friend called "the king of the world's booksellers." At a time when all books were made by hand, for over four decades Vespasiano produced and sold hundreds of volumes from his bookshop, which also became a gathering spot for discussion and debate. His clients included a roll-call of popes, kings, and princes across Europe. Vespasiano reached the summit of his powers as Europe's most prolific merchant of knowledge when a new invention appeared: the printed book. By 1480, the king of the world's booksellers was swept away by this epic technological disruption, whereby cheaply produced books reached readers who never could have afforded one of Vespasiano’s elegant manuscripts. A thrilling chronicle of intellectual ferment set against the dramatic political and religious turmoil of the era, The Bookseller of Florence is also an ode to books and bookmaking that charts the world-changing shift from script to print through the life of one of the true titans of the Renaissance.

Download or read book Florence Museum written by Florence Museum (Florence, S.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Day at the Museum written by Florence Ducatteau and published by Want to Know. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young children will learn everything they need to know about visiting a museum in this fun and engaging picture book. It explains the different types of museums and who works at them, whether touching works of art is allowed, what a museum catalog is used for, and all the other activities available to visitors. Including a funny comic, a poem with tasks, a large foldout page spread, and a miniquiz, this beautifully illustrated work combines facts and fun to turn the average kid into a wellinformed museum patron.

Download or read book Art and History of Florence written by Bonechi (Firm) and published by Casa Editrice Bonechi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the rich history and culture of some of the world¿s most influential historical places with these highly illustrated books, packed with informative and enlightening descriptions and information

Download or read book Public galleries and museums of Florence written by Susan Horner and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Museums of Florence written by Eloise Danto and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Art by Women in Florence written by Jane Fortune and published by B'gruppo. This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Art Treasures of Florence written by Ilaria Taddei and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Il Nuovo Museo Degli Innocenti Ediz Inglese written by E. Mazzocchi and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Museum of the Bargello written by Bruna Tomasello and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uffizi Florence written by Gigetta Dalli Regoli and published by Newsweek Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selections from the museum with short descriptions by the curator.