Alessandra Gardin
The famous David by Donatello stands again in the middle of the Salone del Consiglio in the Bargello Museumin Florence after a long and careful restoration. The cleaning of the bronze surface of the statue recuperated the original color under a dark patina and pointed out impressive details and an ... More
The Exibit "Art and illusions" will be on until the 24th of January 2010 in the Strozzi Palace in Florence. It shows items from ancient Greco-Roman mosaics and frescoes to European masterpieces of the 1300s to today, two hundred works from Italian and international museums and private ... More
The exibition “ The shape of book: from roll to codex (III century B.C. – XIX century A.C.) shows the materials and the shapes of writing and of books both in East and West Countries. It consists of 40 pieces all from the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. The exibition takes place in ... More
Drawings from the Louvre. Italian Renaissance in the Rothschild Collection from May 27th maggio to 14 September at the Museum Casa Buonarroti in Florence. In 1930 the baron Rothschild gave to the Louvre Museum an incredibile collection of drawings and engravings. Theese works, studied by the ... More
Until the 1st of November the Museum Medici Chapels will be home of a interesting exibition regarding Ferdinando de' Medici, second son of Cosimo I, who became grand duke after his brother's death. As his motto was "Majestate tantum" (Only with majesty) this is why the title of the exibit ... More
The rich exibition, located at the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery, will be on until the 30th of September. Itshows 120 pieces among paintings, statues, object for both private and public use. The first rooms are dedicated to the artists who worked for the last Grand Duke of the Medici, Cosimo ... More
At the Strozzi Palace the recently opened exibition "Galileo - images of the Universe from antiquity to the telescope". On the occasion of the forth centenary of Galileo's celestial discoveries, Florence has decided to celebrate one of its most ingenious sons with a unforgettable and ... More