Renaissance Florence/ Uffizi Gallery

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This morning we began with a presentation on Medeval and Renaissance Art in preparation for our visit to the Uffizi Gallery. After lunch, we had a little free time to wander around the Piazza della Signoria so called because Savonarola was burned at the stake here.




Then we started our visit to the Uffizi. The Uffizi Gallery is the most extensive collection of art, tracing the development from Gothic to Medieval to Renaissance to Mannerist paintings in the world. There were so many paintings we couldn't possibly take them all in---but we tried!! Some of our favorite artists were Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Titian, and Caravaggio. we stopped for a refreshment break at the coffee bar on the top of the Loggia with a wonderful view of the watch tower and Duomo.


We walked back to the hotel by way of the Ponte Vecchio to take pictures and to walk on the famous bridge.

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Photos

Copy of MIchelangelo's David
This was the original placement of the famous statue

Horse and carriage
in the Piazza for tourist attraction

Street poster art
outside the Uffizi

Mime performer
on the steps of the Uffizi

The birth of Venus
By Sandro Botticelli

Primavera
by Sandro Botticelli

The Holy Family
by Michelangelo

View of the Duomo
through the cement fence on Uffizi terrace

Jewelery shop
on the Ponte Vecchio

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