Italian Paintings of the Uffizi, Florence - Softcover

Cecchi, Alessandro; Contini, Roberto; Natali, Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3822859990 ISBN 13: 9783822859995

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2000

Synopsis

For a comprehensive overview of Italian Painting, look no farther than Florence's Uffizi Gallery, one of the world's oldest and favorite museums, directly linked with the fame and the history of the Medici. With this new book, Taschen brings you a compact reference guide to a fabulous collection, concentrating on 400 of the most spectacular paintings of different schools from the 13th to 18th century.A general introduction to each century is followed by in-depth studies of some of the most important paintings from each period as well as short biographies. You'll take a tour through some of the Uffizi's most famous rooms: Duccio, Cimabue, Giotto, Beato Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Veronese, Titian, Caravaggio, Panini and Tiepolo to name a just a few. Of course, a visit to Florence is the best way to experience these paintings; in case that's not an option, this book is the next best thing.

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Hard to Find book

Synopsis:

This work provides a comprehensive overview of the art collection of the Uffizi gallery, introducing in-depth studies of each century by the curator. The book concentrates on 400 paintings from different schools of Italian art from the 13th to the 18th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 3822859990
• ISBN 13: 9783822859995
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Tofani Annamaria Petrioli