The initiatives involve experts who, standing in front of the selected works, will propose a reading designed to open up the specific aspects of its appeal, helping to renew our awareness of the variety and complexity of the heritage passed down to us, providing us with insights and with tools that can help us to understand the manifold meanings and messages that a work of art can convey.
The conversations will be repeated several times over the two-hour periods, and the information will also be provided in foreign languages.
Programmes
Uffizi Galley
Saturday, at 16.00 – 16.30 – 17.00 – 17.30
3 November: Giotto, Badia Polyptych
10 November: Orcagna, Saint Matthew and Scenes from his Life
17 November: Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Triptych; Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Magi; Rogier van der Weiden, Deposition
24 November: P.P. Rubens, Judith and Holofernes; P.P. Rubens, Bacchanal
8 December: Marco Benefial, Massacre of the Innocents
Palatine Gallery
Saturday, at 16.00 – 16.30 – 17.00 – 17.30
6 October: A Canova, Venus Italica
13 October: Fra’ Bartolomeo, Pietà
20 October: A. del Sarto, Pietà di Luco
27 October: G. Lanfranco, The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona
3 November: P.P. Rubens, The Four Philosophers
10 November: A. del Sarto, Scenes from the Life of Saint Joseph
17 November: C. Allori, Judith and Holofernes
24 November: G. Bilivert, The Archangel Raphael Rejects the Gifts of Tobias
1 December: A Canova, Venus Italica
8 December: C. Allori, Judith and Holofernes
15 December: P.P. Rubens, The Four Philosophers
22 December: A. del Sarto, Pietà di Luco
29 December: Fra’ Bartolomeo, Pietà
5 January: G. Lanfranco, The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona
Gallery of Modern Art
Saturday, at 11.00 – 11.30 – 12.00 – 12.30
6 October: G. Bezzuoli, The Entry of Charles VIII into Florence
13 October: P. Tenerani, Psyche
20 October: A. Ciseri, Ecce Homo
27 October: S. Lega, Singing a Stornello
1 December: A Puccinelli, Portrait of the Noblewoman Morrocchi
8 December: P. Nomellini, The First Birthday
15 December: S. Lega, Singing a Stornello
22 December: E. Gelli, Bruna Pagliano
29 December: G. Fattori, The Sheep Jump
5 January: A. Ciseri, Ecce Homo
Museo degli Argenti (The Medici Treasury)
Sunday at 11.00 – 11.30 – 12.00 – 12.30
2 December: The Magnifico Lorenzo and his treasures
9 December: The cabinet of Alemagna and that of the Elector
16 December: A magical technique for an extraordinary collection: the ivories
23 December: The Salzburg treasure
30 December: The Magnifico Lorenzo and his treasures
Medici Villa of Petraia
Saturday, at 11.00 – 11.30 – 12.00 – 12.30
20 October: The image of the Medici Villas. Utens’ lunettes at the Petraia
3 November: Giambologna’s Fiorenza: a bronze Venus symbolising Florence
5 January: Medici opulence in Volterrano’s frescoes