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MICHELANGELO'S DAVID
THE statue that we all know is 4.34 meters high, including the base and the artist created it from a block of white marble which apparently derived from a fragment of the architrave of an ancient Roman building.
There is a curious story about this marble.
Before Michelangelo, many had tried to sculpt that enormous block without obtaining anything from it and abandoning the project considering it unusable because it broke too easily, being old and full of veins.
Michelangelo obviously took this as a challenge and declared: "I will see whether or not it will be possible to make a statue out of this old piece of marble."
So in 1501 he began work to "extract" his David, working on it for 3 years. As soon as the statue was finished it was placed in Piazza della Signoria where it remained until 1873.
According to the artist's vision, David should have been naked, without armor or armor, a symbol of justice and freedom, capable of defeating the enemy with "virtus" rather than with force.
In 1873 it was decided to move it to protect it from atmospheric agents and it was moved to the Accademia Gallery, in Via Ricasoli.
A marble copy was placed in Piazza della Signoria and another copy, in bronze, was placed in Piazzale Michelangelo, in a dominant position over Florence.

02/11/2023

Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside Florence's Medici Chapel where delicate charcoal drawings sketched on the walls have been attributed by some experts to Michelangelo.

The secret room — a tiny 10-by-3 meters (33-by-10 feet) space — was discovered in 1975, when officials were searching for a new exit from the Medici Chapel to accommodate increasing visitors.

The museum's then-director Paolo Dal Poggetto “firmly believed that they were by Michelangelo,” said the current director, Paola D’Agostino. A fierce debate ensued and continues to this day.

“The major scholars of Michelangelo’s drawings dismissed the attributions” at the time of discovery 50 years ago, she said. “Others had a more moderate view, in the sense they thought that some could be by Michelangelo and others could be by followers. So, the debate is ongoing.”

The room was used to store coal until 1955, and then sealed closed and forgotten for decades below a trapdoor that was in turn hidden beneath furniture. The drawings themselves were discovered under two layers of plaster.

According to Dal Poggetto’s theory, Michelangelo hid in the tiny space from “the wrath of Pope Clement VII” for supporting a short-lived republic that overthrew the Medicis, sketching studies for some of his projects. They include sketches believed to be the legs of Giuliano de’ Medici, as included in the New Sacristy near the secret room’s entrance.

For most of the last 50 years, access to the room has been restricted.

Officials decided to open the room to the public on a limited basis, and will alternate exposure to LED lights with extended periods of darkness to protect the works.

Starting Nov. 15, up to 100 visitors will be granted access each week by reservation, four at a time, spending a maximum of 15 minutes inside the space.

03/10/2023

Michelangelo's David

03/10/2023

Accademia Gallery in Florence

03/10/2023

03/10/2023

MADONNA OF MILK - Agnolo Gaddi
This panel came from the Florentine convent of Santissima Annunziata in 1810, following the Napoleonic suppressions of Religious Orders. It has always been in our Museum, with the exception of the period between 1942 and 1945, when it was transferred to one of the war shelters in the countryside around Florence. The Galleria guides mention the painting from the second half of the nineteenth century, attributing it to an anonymous artist close to Giotto.

Since the beginning of the last century, the attribution, unanimously accepted by critics over the years, has been given to Agnolo Gaddi. The Madonna breastfeeding the Child is a very widespread iconography in fourteenth-century Tuscan painting, even in paintings intended for private devotion like this one.

In the upper part of the depiction, the angels hold the edges of the cloth, making the scene visible. The Madonna, enthroned like a Maestà, breastfeeds the Child, who turns his gaze towards his mother like a real newborn, emphasising the intimacy of the scene. On the sides of the throne are Saints Catherine and John the Baptist on the left, and Mary Magdalene and Saint Anthony the Abbot on the right.

01/10/2023

Basilica Santa Croce

01/10/2023

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28/09/2023

🇬🇧Sunday 1 October Sunday returns to the Accademia Gallery in Florence will be open free of charge to the public continuously from 8.15am to 6.50pm, with last entry scheduled for 6.20pm.



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28/09/2023

Look at his eyes..

28/09/2023

Good morning

27/09/2023

Every day, hundreds of art lovers and tourists gaze in wonder at Michaelangelo’s David, the imposing five-metre-tall sixteenth-century marble statue in Florence.

But at regular intervals, the statue is given a meticulous once over by conservation experts.
The original statue is housed in a museum designed especially for it 150 years ago, the Galleria dell'Accademia.

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27/09/2023

29/05/2023

💥The best sunday activity 😉 Florence, Italy 🇮🇹

09/03/2023

The Tree of Life is a painting by Pacino di Buonaguida, a Florentine artist who lived in the 14th century. It depicts the story of creation and redemption through the cross of Jesus Christ1. It is one of his most famous works and it is displayed at the Accademia Gallery in Florence.

Get skip-the-line access to the Accademia Gallery, one of Florence's most popular museums, during this small-group guided tour
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01/12/2022

La Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze vi aspetta questo weekend per trascorrere insieme due importanti ricorrenze!
- Sabato 3 dicembre,in occasione della Giornata Internazionale delle Persone con Disabilità, il Museo arricchisce le sue sale, già accessibili, con un percorso tattile per ciechi e ipovedenti composto dalla riproduzione 3D in vetroresina di 4 opere tra le più significative delle collezioni. Le opere sono accompagnate da didascalie realizzate in Braille in italiano e inglese.
- Domenica 4 dicembre ritorna l’appuntamento con , iniziativa promossa dal Ministero della Cultura e consente l'ingresso gratuito nei musei e nei parchi archeologici statali ogni prima domenica del mese.
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The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze awaits you this weekend to spend two important occasions together!
- On Saturday, December 3, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Museum enriches its halls, which are already accessible, with a tactile path for blind and visually impaired composed of 3D fiberglass reproductions of 4 of the most significant works in the collections. The works are accompanied by captions created in Braille in English and Italian;
- On Sunday, December 4, the event returns, an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Culture that allows free admission to state museums and archaeological parks every first Sunday of the month.

Davis & Co. museitaliani Ministero della Cultura

21/11/2022

🇮🇹"La Madonna tiene in grembo il Figlio con lo stesso atteggiamento di tenerezza di quando era bambino ma il viso non è più lieto come allora e la mano sinistra, invece di essere intenta alla carezza, è distesa di fuori, con la palma aperta, come quella d’una povera che chiede la ca**tà"
_Giovanni Papini_

🇬🇧"Our Lady holds her Son in her womb with the same attitude of tenderness as when she was a child, but her face is no longer happy as it was then and her left hand, instead of being intent on caressing, is stretched out, with the palm open, as if that of a poor woman who asks for charity "
_Giovanni Papini_

21/11/2022

18/11/2022

Il David non è una figura statica: è proprio l’opposto.

18/11/2022

🇮🇹Un mio disegno con Salomé inginocchiata con la testa di Giovanni Battista su un vassoio
🇬🇧A drawing of mine with Salomé kneeling with the head of John the Baptist on a tray

16/11/2022

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16/11/2022

La Ca****la Sistina, oltre alla transenna marmorea, ha un altro elemento di gran pregio realizzato dagli stessi artisti: è la cantoria.

28/10/2022

🇮🇹Scende la notte sulle sculture della facciata della Cattedrale e l’interno s’illumina di una luce dorata🕯️: questo scatto di Lorenzo Pesce rievoca la magia di quando dopo il tramonto – prima che fosse inventata l’illuminazione artificiale della piazza - il maestoso portale del Duomo si apriva a mostrare le navate fino all’altare maggiore⚜️.

🌎Night falls on the sculptures of the facade of the Cathedral and the interior lights up with a golden ligh🕯️t: this shot by Pesce evokes the magic of when, after sunset, before the artificial lighting of the square was invented, the majestic portal of the Dome was opened to show the naves up to the high altar⚜️.
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