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One-Hour Accademia Gallery Tour

  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Art, Culture, History

  • Duration

    1 Hour

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

Description

Explore the Accademia Gallery, a small treasure trove of masterpieces of paintings, sculpture and lute art from the year 1300 to 1800. See the work of famous artists, including Michelangelo, the star of the Accademia Gallery. Also, look out for some great pieces, such as Giambologna (the rape of the Sabine woman), Lorenzo Bartolini (one of the favourite sculptors of nineteenth-century European aristocratic families) and Luigi Pampaloni (one of the best students of Lorenzo Bartolini).

Highlights
  • Explore the world’s most impressive works of Renaissance art 
  • Marvel at the sight of paintings, sculptures and lute art
  • See popular art, including Stradivarius, Lorenzo Bartolini, and Giambologna
  • Visit to the Accademia Gallery expand_more
    • See the following Paintings: Giotto, Bernardo Daddi (student of Giotto), Taddeo Gaddi (student of Giotto), Perugino (the teacher of Raphael), Filippino Lippi (the student of Botticelli), Mariotto Albertinelli, Fra Bartolomeo, Botticelli, Giovanni di ser Giovanni known as “lo scheggia” (brother of Masaccio).
    • We will highlight the differences between a Gothic and a Renaissance altarpiece.
    •  Checkout the following Sculptures: Michelangelo, the star of the Accademia Gallery, David (transfered here from Piazza della Signoria in 1873), The unfinished Prisoners (thought for the tomb of Pope Julius II), The unfinished St. Matthew (thought for the Duomo), the fact that the Prisoners and St. Matthew are unfinished gives us a big help to recognize the differences in technique between the art of Michelangelo and the art of many other sculptors. Other sculpture includes Giambologna (the rape of the Sabine woman), Lorenzo Bartolini (one of the favourite sculptors of nineteenth-century European aristocratic families) and Luigi Pampaloni (one of the best students of Lorenzo Bartolini)
    • See the Lute art: Stradivarius, the Grand Prince Ferdinando De Medici loved music very much, and he helped the musicians a lot. To play music in his palace, he asked, in 1690, Stradivarius to realize five instruments, known as the Medici Quintet (a Viola Tenor, a Viola Contralto, two Violins and a Cello). Two of them (the Viola Tenor and the Cello) are in the Accademia Gallery. Bartolomeo Cristofori modified the harpsichord, making it into the piano.
What's Included
  • English-speaking Florence tour guide
Know before you go
  • Accademia Gallery was born in 1784 in ancient St. Matthew's Hospital and the ancient convent of St. Niccolò di Cafaggio. The family of Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo Habsburg Lorraine, which ruled Florence from the end of the Medici family until the proclamation of the monarchy in Italy, gathered here at the Academy of drawings and art and other artist organizations.
  • It was considered an academy, a school, to teach drawing, painting and sculpture.
  • It was born as the Academy of Fine Arts.
Meeting Point

Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
The group size and price
1 To 2EUR 84 Per Group
3 To 5EUR 138 Per Group
6 To 7EUR 174 Per Group

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USD 93 / group