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Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze ©2024 . Pricacy_Policy Codice Fiscale: 80019050485 . Via Ricasoli n° 66 - 50122 Firenze. Tel. +39 055 215449 +39 055 2398660
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The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze ( lit. 'academy of fine arts of Florence') is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy. It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and other significant artists have been associated with it.
Another noteworthy establishment in terms of art collections refers to the Academy of Fine Arts (Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, or, briefly, Galleria dell’Accademia). The history of the respective edifice starts off in the latter half of the 16th century, when Ammannati, Bronzino and Vasari founded the Academy of Drawing, on which the ...
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From 7 to 10 pm. 04.29.2024. Special evening openings at the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze. From June 4 to September 26, every Tuesday and Thursday. 02.28.2024. Celebrates with us Michelangelo’s birthday and the anniversary of the Association of the Friends of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence. Wednesday 6 March.
The Museum opening hours are from 8:15 am to 6:50 pm (last admission at 6:20 pm). Closed: January 1, December 25, every Monday. From June 4, 2024 to September 26, 2024, the museum will extend its opening hours to the public as follows: every Tuesday until 10 p.m. (last admission 9:30 p.m.) and every Thursday until 9 p.m. (last admission 8:30 p.m.).
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo 's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600 (the Trecento to the ...
- The Hall of The Colossus
- The Musical Instrument Museum
- Hall of The Prisoners and The Tribune: Michelangelo's David and The Slaves
- Florentine 13th Century and Gothic Painting
- Top Floor: Late 14th Century Art
The Accademia welcomes the visitor in the Hall of the Colossus, name taken from the huge models of the Dioscuri of Montecavallo which were displayed in this large hall in the 19th century. It now hosts in the center the plaster model for the stunning marble sculpture of Giambologna’s Rape of the Sabine Women. Giambologna prepared the model as an ex...
If you go crazy for opera, theater and classic music, the Accademia is one of the best places you should visit. It hosts in fact the Grand Ducal collection of forty instruments exposed in the museum wing belonging to the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory. The collection unveils that music played a primary role in the official celebrations of the Medicea...
The most famous section of the Galleria is surely the Hall of the Prisoners, displaying Michelangelo’s unfinished “Slaves”. Today the arrangements of the Prisoners along the corridor is a growing crescendo of emotions to the feet of David, exposed under a circular skylight. Next to the Tribuna of David you’ll find a series of paintings by Alessandr...
The last section of the gallery downstairs is dedicated to Florentine Gothic painting. Gold backed altarpieces by Giotto and his followers like Bernardo Daddi and Orcagna constitute an invaluable art collection coming from the most important Florentine churches and antic suppressed convents. Brilliant colors of the recent restorations will introduc...
Even if most visitors get out from the museum after these last rooms, I do encourage you not to miss the first floor of the Accademia, which is the definitely less crowded but very involving and informative (Giovanni da Milano & the Late 14th century rooms). It will give you the chance to learn how the altarpieces were prepared carefully starting b...
