Andrea del Sarto

Andrea del Sarto

2014: Michelangelo and his contemporaries.  Special tribute to Andrea Vannucchi (Andrea del Sarto) Firenze 1486 – Firenze 1530 He was a Florentine painter whose works of exquisite composition and balance were foundamental in the development of Florentine...
Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino

Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino

Dall’8 marzo al 20 luglio 2014 Palazzo Strozzi ospiterà la grande mostra Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino. Divergenti vie della “maniera”, un’esposizione dedicata all’opera del Pontormo e del Rosso Fiorentino, i pittori più anticonformisti e spregiudicati fra i...
SLOW ART DAY 2014

SLOW ART DAY 2014

Are you ready for emotional experimentation? When you enter a museum you usually walk around with the nose up, enjoying with curiosity the atmosphere of the place and watching most of the well known highlights. What would happen if you had to stop in front of an...
SLOW ART DAY 2014

SLOW ART DAY 2014

Pronti per una nuova sperimentazione? Quando si entra in un museo di solito si cammina in con senso di stupore, godendo con curiosità l’atmosfera del luogo, cercando magari le opere più famose. Hai mai provato a soffermarti di fronte ad un’opera...
February 15th, 1564

February 15th, 1564

Matters of life and death: curious circumstances occured in February 1564. Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on February 15th, 1564. He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements...
Countdown for Michelangelo

Countdown for Michelangelo

According to Giorgio Vasari chronicles, Michelangelo’s friend Daniele da Volterra, watches him work all day on February 12, 1564 on the Rondanini Pietà. Two days later he comes down with a fever but goes for a walk in the cold night air, saying he just can’t rest. The...
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