Uffizi, the international gothic style in Florence

Uffizi courtThis year, the rooms on the main floor of the Galleria degli Uffizi (06-19-2012 – 11-04-2012) is hosting an important exhibition that intends to reconstruct the panorama of Florentine art in the wonderful and crucial period that extended roughly from 1375 to 1440. The exhibition itinerary will follow a chronological order and begin from works by the greatest interpreters of the final phase of the fourteenth-century tradition.

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Reinassence masters from Uffizi to Michener Museum

Michener Museum (Smallbones) - CCFor the first time ever, a selection of 45 paintings and tapestries from the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, is coming to the James A. Michener Art Museum, US. About 45 minutes northeast of the city and can be reached conveniently from New York City or Washington DC. The exhibition  “Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery” is opened April 21, 2012 through August 10, 2012.

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Open day at the Uffizi Library with 78,600 titles

Uffizi Library (Sailko) - CCToday, Friday, March 30 the Uffizi Library will be open for an Open Day from 2 to 5 pm. During the extraordinary opening to the general public, the staff will be on hand to listen to the history of the Library and its collections and let see some of the most significant works, watch the process of binding of a book or a periodical collection, learn about the life of a magazine in the library, see the evolution of the book through time.

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