Uffizi

Caravaggio … Bacchus

Not sure I loved the Uffizi if I’m honest. I saw some of the famous painters but it was a lot of religious art by a lot of second rank Renaissance painters. However did get to see theee or four works I loved; Botticelli, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Bellini among them. At €25 I thought it pricey and it was a 10 minute hike before you got near a painting. The palace was beautiful though.

Artemisia Gentilleschi … foremost Female Renaissance artist. Artemisia was raped in her father’s studio and this is often considered a reflection of her attitude to men
Botticelli
Detail … Botticelli
Piero Della Francesca … Duke of Urbino and his wife
Bellini … holy Allegory
Detail … an early exploration of landscape in Italian art

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