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This important exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery features Florentine art from 1375 to 1440, a period when a great deal of significant and fascinating art was being produced in the city.
Some of the works of art in the exhibition from this period are quite well-known, whereas others much less so - such as some of the wooden and marble sculptures. Each of the masterpieces on display plays an important role in telling the story of art during this era and each come from a variety of public museums and private collections in Italy and abroad.
The exhibition is organised chronologically, beginning with works of art by fourteenth century masters. These include artists such as Agnolo Gaddi, Spinello Aretino, Antonio Veneziano, Gherardo Starnina and Lorenzo Monaco. After the death of Gherardo Starnina, Lorenzo Monaco became the leading artist in the Gothic movement and was known for his extremely personal take on this style. His techniques were foreign even to Gentile da Fabriano - whose work is also represented in this exhibition with several paintings famous for their overwhelming beauty.
The exhibition also includes paintings from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. These works of art often reflect the artistic traditions of the fourteenth century while at the same time representing a new humanistic approach which also mined the ancient world for ideas. Artists whose work falls into this category and who are represented in the exhibition include Lippo d'Andrea, Mariotto di Cristofano, Giovanni Toscani, Ventura di Moro, Francesco d'Antonio and Arcangelo di Cola. However, perhaps the most famous of all the artists from this Late Gothic period in Florence was Lorenzo Ghiberti. He is best known for having been commissioned to create the first door of the Baptistry. It was during his early career that other lesser-known artists of his generation began to come to the fore.
There will also be work by Beato Angelico and Michelozzo, two artists whose paintings came to represent a bridge between the artistic language of the recent past and the new artistic traditions which were emerging in the city at the time, through the work of artists such as Brunelleschi and Masaccio. With their deliberate use of expressive lines, their paintings reflected the work and ideas of the great Humanists who were part of Cosimo il Vecchio de' Medici's court.
The exhibition comes to a spectacular end with one of the most distinguished and important set of paintings from the early fifteenth century: The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello. These wonderful works of art sum up the dreams and ideas of this utterly unique era.
BAGLIORI DORATI
IL GOTICO INTERNAZIONALE A FIRENZE. 1375-1440
Galleria degli Uffizi
19 June - 4 November 2012
For more information:
http://www.unannoadarte.it/
Some of the works of art in the exhibition from this period are quite well-known, whereas others much less so - such as some of the wooden and marble sculptures. Each of the masterpieces on display plays an important role in telling the story of art during this era and each come from a variety of public museums and private collections in Italy and abroad.
The exhibition is organised chronologically, beginning with works of art by fourteenth century masters. These include artists such as Agnolo Gaddi, Spinello Aretino, Antonio Veneziano, Gherardo Starnina and Lorenzo Monaco. After the death of Gherardo Starnina, Lorenzo Monaco became the leading artist in the Gothic movement and was known for his extremely personal take on this style. His techniques were foreign even to Gentile da Fabriano - whose work is also represented in this exhibition with several paintings famous for their overwhelming beauty.
The exhibition also includes paintings from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. These works of art often reflect the artistic traditions of the fourteenth century while at the same time representing a new humanistic approach which also mined the ancient world for ideas. Artists whose work falls into this category and who are represented in the exhibition include Lippo d'Andrea, Mariotto di Cristofano, Giovanni Toscani, Ventura di Moro, Francesco d'Antonio and Arcangelo di Cola. However, perhaps the most famous of all the artists from this Late Gothic period in Florence was Lorenzo Ghiberti. He is best known for having been commissioned to create the first door of the Baptistry. It was during his early career that other lesser-known artists of his generation began to come to the fore.
There will also be work by Beato Angelico and Michelozzo, two artists whose paintings came to represent a bridge between the artistic language of the recent past and the new artistic traditions which were emerging in the city at the time, through the work of artists such as Brunelleschi and Masaccio. With their deliberate use of expressive lines, their paintings reflected the work and ideas of the great Humanists who were part of Cosimo il Vecchio de' Medici's court.
The exhibition comes to a spectacular end with one of the most distinguished and important set of paintings from the early fifteenth century: The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello. These wonderful works of art sum up the dreams and ideas of this utterly unique era.
BAGLIORI DORATI
IL GOTICO INTERNAZIONALE A FIRENZE. 1375-1440
Galleria degli Uffizi
19 June - 4 November 2012
For more information:
http://www.unannoadarte.it/
