Italy audio travel guide. This tour visits the Galleria dell' Accademia, today famous for its sculptures by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Four Prisoners
Enhance your holiday travel experience by downloading this audio tour of Galleria Accademia in Florence, Italy
Great Discoveries Audio Tour will provide you with the most enjoyable and informative way to visit the Galleria dell' Accademia, today famous for its sculptures by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Four Prisoners, the St. Matthew, the Pieta di Palestrina and specifically the renowned statue of David.
The Galleria founded in mid 16th century as Europe's first school of drawing hosts a collection of sculptures and paintings, but the ground floor is without any question the most famous and the most admired by the thousands of annual visitors. In addition to David, they come to see the Florentine 15th Century Room, which contains a series of paintings from Florence created during the 15th century and the 19th Century Room, where you can see a collection of classically copied statues. Be sure not to miss the Hall of the Colossus, which takes its name from a chalk rendition of Dioscuri di Montecavallo's Horse which is presently located near Rome.
You will find paintings by the great Florentine maestro's of the early 16th century, Fra' Bartolommeo, Andrea del Sarto, Perugino and others. This eclectic collection also consists of works from the Byzantine era dated to around the 13th century, but overall it consists mostly of 14th and 15th century art. Other paintings on display at the museum include works from 3rd and 4th centuries. You will often find students sketching these great works no matter the time of day.
The Galleria dell' Accademia, today famous for its sculptures by Michelangelo, the Prisoners, the St. Matthew and specifically the statue of David, started in the mid 16th century as Europe's first school of drawing. The Academia del Disegno, as it was known, was founded by the most illustrious Florentine artists of their day, Vasari, Bronzino and Ammannati and funded with donations by Cosimo I de Medici. Some 200 hundred years later in 1784, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Pietro Leopoldo of the Lorraine Dynasty brought together various art schools to create the first school in Europe to teach specifically the techniques of drawing, painting, and sculpture.
The ground floor is without any question the most famous and the most admired by its many annual visitors. They come to see the Florentine 15th Century Room, which contains a series of paintings from Florence created during the 15th century and the 19th Century Room, where you can see a collection of classically copied statues. You will still often find students sketching these great works of art no matter the time of day.
In 1501, the Arte della Lana, (Wool Guild) commissioned a young Michelangelo to sculpt a statue of David. Michelangelo portrays his David in a tense moment of concentration, just before the slaying of Goliath. He possesses no supernatural powers, neither divine strength nor divine foresight. He stands with a slingshot over his shoulder and a stone in his other hand but he does not know how the battle will end. He squints into the sun and sees his enemy approaching from afar. He is vulnerable, and he is apprehensive, but he knows what he must do and he is determined. More than determined; his face exhibits that combination of strength and fierce intensity that Italians call terribilita, a word that has no English translation. Michelangelo's remarkable talent and the communities understanding of the statues symbolic power and strength has made David the respected icon, which still thrives today. David is the tallest teenager ever, measuring an amazing 14'3 . Over the years, he became known, to all who viewed him, as simply, the Giant.
This carefully researched tour guides you through Galleria as a professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background music, points out and describes its most significant works of art. Step back in history as you listen to enchanting tales of the Galleria, her works of art and of course the most famous statue in the world, Michelangelo's David.
Guides are recorded in easy to follow segments that are readily located on your iPod. This 1 hour & 12 minute, 14 track, audio tour is designed to work with an easy to read building diagram, with clearly numbered locations, which coordinate with the track numbers and descriptions displayed on your iPod.
Author/Spoken: Jessica Krzywicki / Christopher Kent.
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Enhance your holiday travel experience by downloading this audio tour of Galleria Accademia in Florence, Italy
Great Discoveries Audio Tour will provide you with the most enjoyable and informative way to visit the Galleria dell' Accademia, today famous for its sculptures by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Four Prisoners, the St. Matthew, the Pieta di Palestrina and specifically the renowned statue of David.
The Galleria founded in mid 16th century as Europe's first school of drawing hosts a collection of sculptures and paintings, but the ground floor is without any question the most famous and the most admired by the thousands of annual visitors. In addition to David, they come to see the Florentine 15th Century Room, which contains a series of paintings from Florence created during the 15th century and the 19th Century Room, where you can see a collection of classically copied statues. Be sure not to miss the Hall of the Colossus, which takes its name from a chalk rendition of Dioscuri di Montecavallo's Horse which is presently located near Rome.
You will find paintings by the great Florentine maestro's of the early 16th century, Fra' Bartolommeo, Andrea del Sarto, Perugino and others. This eclectic collection also consists of works from the Byzantine era dated to around the 13th century, but overall it consists mostly of 14th and 15th century art. Other paintings on display at the museum include works from 3rd and 4th centuries. You will often find students sketching these great works no matter the time of day.
The Galleria dell' Accademia, today famous for its sculptures by Michelangelo, the Prisoners, the St. Matthew and specifically the statue of David, started in the mid 16th century as Europe's first school of drawing. The Academia del Disegno, as it was known, was founded by the most illustrious Florentine artists of their day, Vasari, Bronzino and Ammannati and funded with donations by Cosimo I de Medici. Some 200 hundred years later in 1784, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Pietro Leopoldo of the Lorraine Dynasty brought together various art schools to create the first school in Europe to teach specifically the techniques of drawing, painting, and sculpture.
The ground floor is without any question the most famous and the most admired by its many annual visitors. They come to see the Florentine 15th Century Room, which contains a series of paintings from Florence created during the 15th century and the 19th Century Room, where you can see a collection of classically copied statues. You will still often find students sketching these great works of art no matter the time of day.
In 1501, the Arte della Lana, (Wool Guild) commissioned a young Michelangelo to sculpt a statue of David. Michelangelo portrays his David in a tense moment of concentration, just before the slaying of Goliath. He possesses no supernatural powers, neither divine strength nor divine foresight. He stands with a slingshot over his shoulder and a stone in his other hand but he does not know how the battle will end. He squints into the sun and sees his enemy approaching from afar. He is vulnerable, and he is apprehensive, but he knows what he must do and he is determined. More than determined; his face exhibits that combination of strength and fierce intensity that Italians call terribilita, a word that has no English translation. Michelangelo's remarkable talent and the communities understanding of the statues symbolic power and strength has made David the respected icon, which still thrives today. David is the tallest teenager ever, measuring an amazing 14'3 . Over the years, he became known, to all who viewed him, as simply, the Giant.
This carefully researched tour guides you through Galleria as a professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background music, points out and describes its most significant works of art. Step back in history as you listen to enchanting tales of the Galleria, her works of art and of course the most famous statue in the world, Michelangelo's David.
Guides are recorded in easy to follow segments that are readily located on your iPod. This 1 hour & 12 minute, 14 track, audio tour is designed to work with an easy to read building diagram, with clearly numbered locations, which coordinate with the track numbers and descriptions displayed on your iPod.
Author/Spoken: Jessica Krzywicki / Christopher Kent.
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