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