5/5 Asiyah Noemi K. 3 years ago on Google
The
view
of
the
Uffizi
U-shaped
building
and
its
inner
courtyard,
located
not
far
from
the
Arno
River,
is
perfect.
Being
here
in
this
place
and
watching
these
works
of
art
by
genius
artists
is
a
great
privilege.
The
construction
of
Uffizi
was
commissioned
by
Cosimo
de
Medici
and
designed
and
began
construction
of
Giorgio
Vasari
in
1560.
It's
a
beautiful
building
that
has
no
objection.
From
then
on,
the
Gallery
-
a
museum
with
almost
the
largest
collection
of
paintings
from
the
12th
century
to
the
18th
century
and
classical
sculpture,
will
be
created.
At
first
it
was
opened
on
request,
and
in
the
middle
of
the
18th
century
it
was
open
to
the
whole
public.
The
museum
is
organized
as
a
long
labyrinth
of
rooms
with
amazing
works
of
art
displayed
roughly
in
chronological
order
along
a
Renaissance
building
that
was
never
created
to
be
a
museum.
Cosimo
de
'Medici
had
entrusted
his
favorite
architect
Giorgio
Vasari
to
create
a
grandiose
building
right
next
to
Palazzo
Vecchio,
the
seat
of
power,
to
host
the
magistrates,
the
seats
of
the
Florentine
Guilds,
and
the
vast
theater
and
judiciary
offices
(hence
the
name
"
Uffizi
”which
means
offices
in
Italian).
The
Medici
family
were
great
lovers
of
art
and
also
great
collectors,
and
they
managed
in
a
short
time
to
obtain
works
of
art
the
greatest
masters
of
painting
and
sculpture.
Buontalenti
created
for
Francesco
de
Medici
an
octagonal
shaped
room
"Tribuna"
(
small
treasure
chest),
to
host
his
favorite
works
of
art
and
jewels
(
sculptures,
cameos,
books,
paintings,
coins,
armor,
a
potpurri
of
elements).
The
Tribune
is
considered
the
most
ancient
and
precious
heart
of
the
Uffizi,
still
maintaining
its
original
shape
from
its
construction
in
1584.
Favorite
works
of
art
start
from
the
Gothic
painters
which
include
Giotto
and
Cimabue,
who
left
some
of
the
largest
altarpieces.
The
magic
of
the
first
hall
is
the
sensation
of
being
welcomed
inside
an
ancient
church,
with
low
lighting
reminding
us
of
candle
lights.
We
enjoyed
the
next
one
to
walk
through
the
Hall
of
Early
Renaissance
painters
like
Paolo
Uccello
and
Masaccio
and
the
beautiful
unmistakable
Portraits
of
the
Dukes
of
Urbino,
by
Piero
della
Francesca.
The
profile
of
Federico
da
Montefeltro
is
one
of
the
most
impressive
portraits
of
the
Renaissance.
A
few
steps
from
the
diptych
we
find
the
largest
hall
of
the
museum,
housing
the
most
stunning
and
breathtaking
paintings
by
Sandro
Botticelli.
We
stop
in
just
a
few
minutes
to
simply
admire
the
silence
of
a
large
panel
of
the
Allegory
of
Spring
and
the
canvas
of
the
Birth
of
Venus.
We
also
enjoyed
many
other
Botticelli
works
of
art
in
these
rooms.
But
what
I
was
most
interested
in
were
the
works
of
The
Tondo
Doni
by
Michelangelo
(the
Tondo
Doni
features
the
Christian
Holy
Family
(the
child
Jesus,
Mary,
and
Saint
Joseph)
along
with
John
the
Baptist
in
the
foreground
and
contains
five
ambiguous
nude
males
figures
in
the
background)
and
Raphael's
portraits.
We
are
then
delighted
with
the
works
of
Leonardo
da
Vinci's
one
and
only
completed
panel
painting
"The
Annunciation,"
Filippo
Lippi's
Madonna
and
Child
with
Two
Angels,
Titian's
Venus
of
Urbino,
lots
of
other
works,
including
works
by
Caravaggio,
Tintoretto,
Rembrandt,
Velasquez,
Rubens.
......
All
these
works
around
us
are
the
magic
of
the
beautiful.
Also
a
special
feature
of
Uffizi
is
the
'Corridoio
Vasariano',
a
passage
that
in
the
past
has
helped
Florentine
nobility
to
pass
seamlessly
and
unnoticed
from
the
Medici
offices,
via
Ponte
Vecchi
to
Palazzo
Pitti.
An
extremely
meaningful,
wonderful
and
interesting
experience.
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