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Pisa, Italy
Title: Madonna with Child / Madonna col Bambino, ca 1300.
Attributed to: Maestro di San Torpè.
Image Courtesy: Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa.
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Cimabue in Pisa
Pisan Painting During 13th Century
from Giunta to Giotto
National Museum San Matteo, Pisa
through June 25th, 2005
and
Light and Shadow
Caravaggio Style and Naturalism in Tuscan Painting during 17th Century
Art Center /
Centro per l'Art Otello Cirri
Museo Piaggio /
Giovanni Alberto Agnelli
through June 12th, 2005
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Cimabue in Pisa
Over 100 art works from paintings, sculptures, Goldsmith's Art and Ceramics are on display to take the visitor back to the 13th Century
in Pisa. This is the first time that all of the priceless icons usually found in Pisan churches have been gathered into one location supplemented with loans.
Items as the Dossal of Giunta of Vatican Museums with San Francis and his story
along with Giotto's double face Polyptych from Florence are included beside the
Pisan antiquities.
Light and Shadow Exhibit
Title: Rest During the Flight Into Egypt / Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto
Artist: Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (Pisa, Italy 1563-1639)
Image Courtesy: Piaggio Museum
Light and Shadow exhibit is featured in the May 2005 edition of IATWM
here.
Pisa, Italy
Title: Leaning Tower of Pisa and Duomo
Image Courtesy: Italian Government Tourism Board
Located in the Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Dreams) is the
Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Tower was built in 1173 perhaps some would say
the location, on top of sandy silt subsoil, was a mistake. Then again the
tower certainly put Pisa on the art lover's map located in a city, province
and country that is inundated with popular locales.
The tower had begun its tilt by the time the third level was added in
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Title: Leaning Tower of Pisa and Duomo
Image Courtesy: Italian Government Tourism Board
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Many have climbed to the top including Galileo, a Pisan, who used the
tower in his experiments concerning the velocity of falling objects.
The tower was built to complement the Duomo and Baptistery. The Giovanni
Pisano carved pulpit is a highlight of the Duomo as is Cimabue's Christ in
Majesty mosaic.
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is where one will finds items that were
originally located in the Duomo, Tower and Baptistery. Additionally the Museum has a
lovely collection of Nicola Pisano works and that of his son Giovanni.
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Title: Duomo, Florence
Image Courtesy: Italian Government Tourism Board
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Florence or Firenze, also in Tuscany is one of the most
breathtaking cities in the world. Any art fan will want to visit the Pitti Palace,
the Duomo, Uffizi Gallery, the final resting place of Michelangelo in the
church of Santa Croce and his most beloved
sculpture David in the Galleria dell'Accademia.
Special exhibits, historical buildings, proximity
to Florence are a few reasons to make a spring visit to beautiful Pisa,
Italy.
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