Uffizi & Pitti : da Giotto a Caravaggio = from Giotto to Caravaggio /

Uffizi & Pitti : da Giotto a Caravaggio = from Giotto to Caravaggio /

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Author / Creator:	Gregori, Mina, author.
Imprint:	Bologna, Italia : Magnus, [2018] ©2018
Description:	424 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language:	Italian English
Subject:	Galleria degli Uffizi -- Catalogs. Palazzo Pitti -- Catalogs. Galleria degli Uffizi. Palazzo Pitti. Painting -- Italy -- Florence -- Catalogs. Painting, Medieval -- Italy -- Florence -- Catalogs. Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence -- Catalogs. Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Florence -- Catalogs. Christian art and symbolism. Painting. Painting, Medieval. Painting, Renaissance. Italy -- Florence. Catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11951677

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Varying Form of Title:	Da Giotto a Caravaggio From Giotto to Caravaggio
Other authors / contributors:	Galleria degli Uffizi. Palazzo Pitti.
ISBN:	9788870572803 8870572803
Notes:	English language translation by Little, Brown and Company. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Text in Italian and English.
Summary:	The painting collections in the state museums of Florence are unequalled for their quality, historical significance, and for the sheer number of works; never before have they been presented in a publication of such splendid technical quality. The Uffizi, the Palatine Gallery, the Accademia, and the other national collections-to which the Contini Bonacossi donation and the works recovered by Rodolfo Siviero have recently been added-constitute the greatest museum complex in the world. It is a complex unified by its history, closely tied at first to the Medici family, who were originally patrons and benefactors but who later, as their political power waned, came to be characterized as collectors and preservers of heritage. These museums bear witness to the Florentine supremacy in the arts that was established by Cosimo I with the invaluable assistance of Vincenzo Borghini and of Giorgio Vasari.

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Summary:	From the Palazzo Vecchio to the Forte Belvedere, through the Uffizi, the Vasari Corridor, the Pitti Palace, and the Boboli Gardens, Florence is honeycombed with a series of public art collections that is unparalleled in Europe for its size and for the variety and value of its holdings. Taken all together, the museums of Florence are one of the wonders of the world, for the spiritual values that they embody as much as for the works they contain.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The painting collections in the state museums of Florence are unequalled for their quality, historical significance, and for the sheer number of works; never before have they been presented in a publication of such splendid technical quality. Thus the reader can trace the various phases and great moments of Florentine painting, including lesser known works of the seventeenth century; can appreciate the presence of masterpieces from other, perhaps unknown, schools; and can examine details different from the standard ones consecrated by tradition.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Text in English and Italian.
Item Description:	English language translation by Little, Brown and Company.
Physical Description:	424 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9788870572803 8870572803