{"id":347,"date":"2023-04-21T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bespokeflorencetours.com\/visiter-la-galerie-des-offices-a-florence\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:23:50","slug":"visiter-la-galerie-des-offices-a-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bespokeflorencetours.com\/en\/visiter-la-galerie-des-offices-a-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"Uffizi Gallery: Top 10 works of art to see"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A visit to the Uffizi Gallery<\/strong><\/a>, one of the most important museums in the world whit a rich collection of Renaissance<\/strong> masterpieces<\/strong> by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo<\/strong> and many other artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Uffizi Gallery in Florence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Uffizi Gallery<\/strong> is a collection of more than 6.000 paintings,<\/strong> from the Middle Ages to the 18\u00b0 century, and ancient Roman sculptures<\/strong> collected by the Medici Family of Florence .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They <\/strong>were very powerful and wealthy bankers and the patrons of the most important Renaissance artists and great collectors of art through many centuries and in the XVI\u00b0 century they became the Grandukes of Tuscany.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can take hours to visit the whole museum, that's why it is important to make a selection<\/strong> and know exactly which masterpieces you must absolutely see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should program at least 1 and a half hour to see the main masterpieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 works of art in the Uffizi Gallery <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(to see the paintings click on the title)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Giotto- Maest\u00e0 di Ognissanti<\/a> - 1310<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giotto is the most important artist of medieval painting. For the first time a painting shows a real human being in a real tridimensional space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Gentile da Fabriano-Adorazione di Magi<\/a> - 1423<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very rich painting with a lot of gold and precious details, which shows the wealth of the donor, Palla Strozzi, a merchant-banker of Florence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Piero della Francesca- Portrait of the Duke of Urbino and his wife<\/a>  - 1465<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first important portraits in Western art history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Botticelli- Birth of Venus<\/a> - 1485<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first painting representing a subject taken form ancient Greek and Roman mythology with a completely naked woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Medici Venus<\/a>- 1st century b.C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a greek statue of Venus, the goddess of beauty, which is considered one of the best statues of ancient art in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Michelangelo-Tondo Doni<\/a> - 1506<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the only painting in the world surely attributed to Michelangelo and its value is priceless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Raphael- Portait of Pope Leo X<\/a> - 1518<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's the portrait of Pope Leo X, Giovanni de Medici, the son of Lawrence the Magnificent, with Cardinals  Giulio de Medici ( future Pope Clemens VII) and Luigi De Rossi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Leonardo da Vinci- Annunciatio<\/a>n - 1472<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first painting by Leonardo da Vinci, who beside being an excellent painter was also a scientist, an inventor, an engineer and a great genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Tiziano- Venus of Urbino<\/a> - 1538<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This painting represents a very sensual woman, laying competeley naked on her bed. For the first time the body of a woman is shown as a sexual object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Caravaggio-Medusa<\/a> - 1597<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shield showing the head of Medusa, the mythological monster who was beheaded by Perseus. For the first time in art a huge quantity of blood is represented in painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you wish to know more and have a private tour of the Uffizi Gallery, please click HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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