Michelangelo Sculptor and Architect
It is difficult to describe the importance of the works by Michelangelo present in Florence. The fame of The David tends to obscure all of his other masterpieces here, almost as though it were the only great work by Michelangelo in Florence. For this reason, amongst our cultural itineraries, we have inserted a choice of themes built around Michelangelo.
One possibility might be the works of Michelangelo's youth. Or this tour it is necessary to enter into three museums and a church in order to see works from the 1490s to the early 1500s. First the Buonarroti House in which we find the Madonna of The Ladder, and The Battle of The Centaurs. Then on to the church of Santo Spirito for the wooden cross. On to The Bargello where there are displayed the Bacchus, The Pitti Tondo. Finally, we reach The Accademia to see The David, and The Saint Mathew.
Un altro tema esemplificativo potrebbe riguardare le opere architettoniche commissionate al maestro dalla famiglia Medici: la Sacrestia Nuova di San Lorenzo, per la quale Michelangelo realizzò anche le sculture, e la Biblioteca Laurenziana. La visita può anche proporre opere che Michelangelo creò per vari committenti e che infine confluirono nelle collezioni medicee: il gruppo dei quattro Prigioni della Galleria dell'Accademia, il Bruto del Bargello, la Madonna della Scala di Casa Buonarroti ed il Tondo Doni degli Uffizi.
Another possible theme might regard those of his architectural works commissioned by The Medici: The New Sacristy, and The Laurentian Library. This theme might also included works which Michelangelo created for various patrons but which then found their way into the Medici collections: the four Prisoners, Brutus, The Madonna of The Ladder and The Doni Tondo.
It is difficult to describe the importance of the works by Michelangelo present in Florence. The fame of The David tends to obscure all of his other masterpieces here, almost as though it were the only great work by Michelangelo in Florence. For this reason, amongst our cultural itineraries, we have inserted a choice of themes built around Michelangelo.
One possibility might be the works of Michelangelo's youth. Or this tour it is necessary to enter into three museums and a church in order to see works from the 1490s to the early 1500s. First the Buonarroti House in which we find the Madonna of The Ladder, and The Battle of The Centaurs. Then on to the church of Santo Spirito for the wooden cross. On to The Bargello where there are displayed the Bacchus, The Pitti Tondo. Finally, we reach The Accademia to see The David, and The Saint Mathew.
Un altro tema esemplificativo potrebbe riguardare le opere architettoniche commissionate al maestro dalla famiglia Medici: la Sacrestia Nuova di San Lorenzo, per la quale Michelangelo realizzò anche le sculture, e la Biblioteca Laurenziana. La visita può anche proporre opere che Michelangelo creò per vari committenti e che infine confluirono nelle collezioni medicee: il gruppo dei quattro Prigioni della Galleria dell'Accademia, il Bruto del Bargello, la Madonna della Scala di Casa Buonarroti ed il Tondo Doni degli Uffizi.
Another possible theme might regard those of his architectural works commissioned by The Medici: The New Sacristy, and The Laurentian Library. This theme might also included works which Michelangelo created for various patrons but which then found their way into the Medici collections: the four Prisoners, Brutus, The Madonna of The Ladder and The Doni Tondo.
San Matteo
Bruto
Crocifisso
Madonna della Scala
All itineraries
include an introduction by the guide explaining the artistic and historical
importance of the respective monuments.