PALAZZO PITTI
THE GALLERY OF THE STATUES
KNIDIAN APHRODITE
ROMAN ART, FIRST CENTURY A.D
APHRODITE CAPTURED BEFORE OF AFTER TAKING A BATH AND COVERS HER PUBIS
ORIGINAL MADE BY (GREEK SCULPTOR) PRAXITELES FOR A SANCTUARY IN KNIDIOS, DEDICATED TO APHROFITE EUPLOIA( GRANTS GOOD NAVIGATION).CONNECTION GODDESS AND WATER
GREAT SENSUALITY, WELL-DESERVED SUCCESS
UNABLE TO RESTORE THE SOFT (SUCCES OF ORIGINAL), MAYBE BEEN IN NICHE EOOM
MODERN ADDICTIONS:LEFT ARM, A PATRT OF THE RIGHT ONE, LEGS BELOW KNEES, THE VASE. ARE JIONED BY A REAPLLICATIONH NOT PERFECTLY CORRECT
BOBOLI GARDENS
GROTTOS( FAMOUS BY BERNARDO BUONTALENTI)
ANCIENT AND RENAISSANCE STATUES
ITALIAN GARDEN STYLE, REAL OUTDOOR MUSEUM
EXTENDED BOUNDARIES TO PORTA ROMANA (HABSBURG-LORRAINE)
FOUNTAINS( FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE/THYE OCEAN)
FERDINANDO II (GD 1610-1670) SON OF COSIMO II
PALAZZO PITTI
ERLARGEMENT FROM 7 TO 23 BAY FACADE
FRESCO SUMMER APARTMENTS IN INFORMAL STYLE( MATTEO ROSSELLI, GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI)
DECORATIONS OF PUBLIC ROOMS ON PIANO NOBILE (PIETRO DA CORTONA, CIRO FERRI) - ROMAN HIGH BAROQUE TO FLORENCE
BUILT AMPHITHEATER
MOSES GROTTO COURTYARD
SCULPTURE BY NOVELLI, PIERATTI, CURRADI, SALVESTRINI
ARTICHOKE FOUNTAIN INSTALED
GIOVAN FRANCESCO SUSINI(1585-1653) 1639-1642
TERRACE OF MAIN FLOOR OF PALACE AND CROWNS THE COURTYARD. IN PLACE OF THE ONE OF JUNO BY BORTOLOMEO AMMANNATI
MANNERISM OF FLORENTINE SCULPTURE NOD TO THE BAROQUE MOVEMENT
2 MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES FR GIAMBOLOGNA
COSIMO I (BRONZE BUST)
POWERFUL MEDICI
1549 MOVED TO PALAZZO PITTI WITH ELEONORA OF TOLEDO
CREATE A COURT
RESTORE PALAZZO MEDICI, REASSEMBLING BIBLIOTECA LAURENZIANA
DUKE IN 1537, GRAND DUKE IN 1569
NEPHEW: OTTAVIANO DE MEDICI MOTHER: MARIA SALVIATI( GRANDDAUGHTER OF LORENZO DM) FATHER:GIOVANNI DALLE BANDE NERE (KILLED WHEN C1 WAS 7)
HISTORY
LUCA PITTI
MEDICIS HATED
PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI: BRUNELLESCHI, MICHELOZZO
1440, BRUNELLESCHI AND LUCA FANCELLIU
1464 ECONOMIC RUIN
15th CENTURY
COSIMO I MEDICI, ELEONORA OF TOLEDO
1550 PALAZZO VECCHIO-PALAZZO PITTI
ENLARGED: x2, BOBOLI GARDEN, VASARI CORRIDOR, U-SHAPED, BIG COURTYARD
GALLERY
16th-17th CENTURY PAINTINGS, RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM
COSIMO II MEDICI
SELECTION OF ART, CONTINUED UNTIL 18th-19th CENTURY, ROYAL APARTMENTS (QUADRERIA)
LORENA FAMILY
1828 LEOPOLDO I DI LORENA OPENED PALATINE GALLERY
WALLS COVERED BY PAINTINGS, PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRAMES SYMMETRY, RELIGIOUS AND SACRED THEMES FROM CHURCHES
ROUTE
FIRST FLOOR: PALATINE GALLERY
TOP AMMANNATI STAIRCASE GRANDUKE ROOMS: TAKE NAME FROM FRESCOES AND THEME . 5 ROOMS- PIETRO DA CORTONA; OTHERS- NEOCLASSICAL, FISRT HALF 19th
WHITE HALL
GUEST- BALLROOM(G.D PETER LEOPOLD)
DECORATIONS
NEOCLASSICISM ELEGANCE: WHITE, PASTEL COLOURS
HIGH-RELIEF STUCCO(1774,1776) ARBETOLLI BROTHERS
SIDE WALLS SPACED WITH CORINTHIAN PILASTERS, DOORWAYS( DECORATED W FRAMES)
SUMPTUOUS MIRRORS FROM PARIS AND 11 CHANDELIERS(1785), SYMMETRICAL DIVISION
AFTER WW2 SETTING INTERNATIONAL FASHION(GIOVANNI BATTISTA GIORGINI 1951)