Treasures of the Uffizi: Florence: Tiny Folio

By Galleria Degli Uffizi and Caterina Caneva

Book Overview

Italy's most famous museum, the Uffizi in Florence, houses a spectacular collection of Renaissance art as well as works by later masters. In the 16th century the wealthy and powerful Medici family began amassing fine art and displaying it in the Uffizi, their showplace palace in the heart of Florence. Ruling Tuscany for another two centuries, the family continually enriched its holdings with works by the best European artists of the time, many of them commissioned or acquired from the artists themselves. When the collection was donated to the city of Florence in 1737, it was, in essence, given to the people, and this ensured that the collection would remain intact in its original building.
In this skillful and dazzling selection of paintings from the Galleria degli Uffizi are the greatest works by the early Renaissance artists-Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael-and by the later Italians such as Caravaggio, Tiepolo, and Canaletto. Artists from throughout Europe are also well represented, among them D?rer, El Greco, Rubens, Vel?zquez, Rembrandt, Boucher, and Goya, in this tiny jewel of a book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789205750
• ISBN13: 9780789205759
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.1" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

Great LITTLE Book

Remember its tiny - approx 4"x4" - but very well done.

Picture quality in "Treasures of the Uffizi"

Though a thin volume for a museum title, I am impressed by the picture quality of this book. The illustrations contain very little moire and are not page-split in the middle in many cases.