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:

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Download or read book Walks in Florence Public Galleries and Museums written by Joanna B. Horner Ann Susan Horner and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Public Galleries and Museums of Florence written by Susan Horner and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...Tribune of the Uffizi Gallery, is said to have been painted for this Abbot of Vallombrosa." Beyond the room containing these pictures is a small collection of drawings, or cartoons, by eminent painters. The Apostles Peter and Paul, by Fra Bartolommeo, are the original designs for paintings now in the Quirinal, at Rome. N o. 8. Christ appearing to the Marys, by Baroccio. No. 18, a Holy Family, and No. 22, St. Dominick, by Fra Bartolommeo. No. 5. A Virgin and Child, attributed, with great probability, to Raifaelle. No. 21, a still more lovely drawing of the subject, likewise attributed to him, but doubtful. No. 2 is a copy of Raffaelle's Madonna della Gatta. No. 6. A colossal female head, said to be intended for the Virgin, is by Correggio. There are also drawings by Lorenzo Credi, Pocetti, Bronzino, Baroccio, and Cigoli. A custode, from the Accademia, will accompany the visitor who may desire to see the celebrated works of Andrea del Sarto, at the Scalzo, in the Via Cavour. This building was at one time part of the dwelling of Ottaviano de' Medici, situated near the gardens of San Marco; and in a room above, the Scalzi, or "Barefooted" Friars held their meetings. These friars were called Scalzi because, when they bore the crucifix in public processions, they always walked barefoot. The house had a cortile, or court, with cloisters resting on columns; and when Andrea del Sarto was beginning life as an artist, and living with his friend, Franciabigio, near the Mercato del Grano, they were both employed by this confraternity to adorn the walls with frescos in chiaroscuro. The subject chosen was the Life of St. John the Baptist, to which saint the confraternity was dedicated. The only joint work of the artists was...

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Download or read book Museums in Florence written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Art museums and galleries in Florence, Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Palazzo Vecchio, Medici Chapel, Bargello, Brancacci Chapel, Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, San Marco, Florence, Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, La Specola, Museo Galileo, Tribuna of the Uffizi. Excerpt: The Palazzo Pitti (Italian pronunciation: ), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It grew as a great treasure house as later generations amassed paintings, plates, jewelry and luxurious possessions. In the late 18th century, the palazzo was used as a power base by Napoleon, and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy. The palace and its contents were donated to the Italian people by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1919, and its doors were opened to the public as one of Florence's largest art galleries. Today, it houses several minor collections in addition to those of the Medici family, and is fully open to the public. Luca Pitti (1398-1472) began work on the palazzo in 1458. Eleonora di Toledo, Duchess of Florence, bought the palazzo from the Pitti in 1549 for the Medici. Portrait after Bronzino.The construction of this severe and forbidding building was commissioned in 1458 by the Florentine banker Luca Pitti, a principal supporter and friend of Cosimo de' Medici. The early history of the Palazzo Pitti is a mixture of fact and myth. Pitti is alleged to have instructed that the...

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 Florence and Her Treasures written by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Florence the Great Museums written by Maria Siponta De Salvia and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to all art lovers and tourists who like to be informed before visiting museums or who like to relive the experience later, on the written page. Original in style, the guide describes works of art in simple, enthusiastic and interesting way. Not only is the leader lead around each of the museums, he is also given a taste of the artistic and historical background to Florence, gradually giving him an insight into the great works of art. The text is accompanied by many illustrations which are often the only lasting visual records available where rooms maybe temporarily closed to the public.

Download or read book Michelangelo written by Carmen C. Bambach and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consummate painter, draftsman, sculptor, and architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design, which was considered in the Renaissance to be the foundation of all artistic disciplines. To his contemporary Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo was “the divine draftsman and designer” whose work embodied the unity of the arts. Beautifully illustrated with more than 350 drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural views, this book establishes the centrality of disegno to Michelangelo’s work. Carmen C. Bambach presents a comprehensive and engaging narrative of the artist’s long career in Florence and Rome, beginning with his training under the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio and the sculptor Bertoldo and ending with his seventeen-year appointment as chief architect of Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. The chapters relate Michelangelo’s compositional drawings, sketches, life studies, and full-scale cartoons to his major commissions—such as the ceiling frescoes and the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, the church of San Lorenzo and its New Sacristy (Medici Chapel) in Florence, and Saint Peter’s—offering fresh insights into his creative process. Also explored are Michelangelo’s influential role as a master and teacher of disegno, his literary and spiritual interests, and the virtuoso drawings he made as gifts for intimate friends, such as the nobleman Tommaso de’ Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna, the marchesa of Pescara. Complementing Bambach’s text are thematic essays by leading authorities on the art of Michelangelo. Meticulously researched, compellingly argued, and richly illustrated, this book is a major contribution to our understanding of this timeless artist.

Download or read book Art and History of Florence written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Florence to the thirteenth century - From the fourteenth century to the Renaissance - From Renaissance to the present time - Galleries - Museums - Churches - Monuments - Palaces - Arno - The Piazzas - Brunelleschi.

Download or read book Walks in Florence written by Susan Horner and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... PUBLIC GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS OF FLORENCE. THE UFFIZI. E begin our review of the public galleries with the Uffizi, as it contains the works of artists from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, arranged chronologically, and thus illustrating-the History of Art from the revival to the decline. The limits of this volume oblige us to confine our description almost entirely to Tuscan, and especially Florentine Art; and, with rare exceptions, we mention the names or works of celebrated painters or sculptors of other schools. We hope thus to afford some assistance to the foreigner who may not have time to acquire a profound knowledge of the subject, and who, at first sight, may find it difficult to discover any merit, still less beauty, in the early native style of painting. The Corridor extending along three sides of the Uffizi Gallery is lined with sarcophagi, statues, and busts, as well as pictures, all deserving attention, though, with few excep First Corridor. v tions, inferior to the works of art contained in the adjoining rooms. Beneath the vaulted ceiling, which is painted in arabesques, are portraits of emperors, kings, and distinguished persons of all nations; they are only, however, inferior copies of mediocre pictures, and were placed here by the Grand-Duke Cosimo I. The earliest example of art in the gallery--No. i--is a picture of the Madonna and Child, by Andrea Rico of Candia, who lived in the latter half of the eleventh century. His works belong to what is called Byzantine art. The treatment of the subject is conventional; the figures disposed according to established usage, or in the manner commonly practised by the artists in Byzantium (Constantinople). The Child, seated on one hand of the Virgin, clings with a natural...

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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 Museums Libraries and Picture Galleries Public and Private written by John Woody Papworth and published by London : Chapman and Hall. This book was released on 1853 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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