THE SPRINGTIME OF THE RENAISSANCE

A beautiful selection of sculpture and painting from fifteenth century Florence accompanies the major exhibition The Springtime of t he Renaissance. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400-1460 held at Palazzo Strozzi, from March - August 2013, moving on to the Mus ée du Louvre, from September 2013 to January 2014 Florence is justly named the 'cradle of the renaissance'. It was here that, inspir ed by the revival of interest in classical antiquity, fueled by civic pride and fostered by the wealthy Medici family, a visual lang uage was...[Read more]