Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Accademia


The Prisoners (or Slaves) -
four unfinished pieces by Michelangelo

David

The Rape of the Sabine Woman by Giambologna
Musical Instruments collection (room above shows progression of instruments to piano)
Stradivari Violin











Uffizi Gallery




Davinci, Donatello, and Giotto among the marble statues that line exterior of Uffizi Gallery 



Walkway between buildings originally for Medici family to be able to move through Florence without walking along common streets.


Giotto's Madonna and Child




Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza



Botticelli's Primavera


Botticelli's The Birth of Venus

Annuciation by DaVinci
detail of background and side angle viewing to show accuracy (not mistake!) of perspective




DaVinci unfinished Adoration of Magi


Michelangelo's Tondo Doni







detailed ceilings
overlooking the Arno and Ponte Vecchio



Rembrandt





Carvaggio's Baccus
(with hidden self portrait in the lower left glass) and Medusa painted on a shield