Restored Niobe room represents Roman copies of late Hellenistic art. View of daughter of Niobe bent by terror.
View of hallway. The walls were originally covered with tapestries.
After the ruling House of Medici died out, their art collections were given to the city of Florence under the famous Patto di famiglia negotiated by Anna Maria Luisa, the last Medici heiress. The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums. The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1769 it was officially opened to the public, formally becoming a museum in 1865.[5]
The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici's as a means to consolidate his administrative control of the various committees, agencies, and guilds established in Florence's Republican past so as to accommodate them all one place, hence the name uffizi, "offices". The construction was later continued by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti; it was completed in 1581. The top floor was made into a gallery for the family and their guests and included their collection of Roman sculptures.[6]
The cortile (internal courtyard) is so long, narrow and open to the Arno at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it, that architectural historians[7] treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe. Vasari, a painter and architect as well, emphasised its perspective length by adorning it with the matching facades' continuous roof cornices, and unbroken cornices between storeys, as well as the three continuous steps on which the palace-fronts stand. The niches in the piers that alternate with columns of the Loggiato filled with sculptures of famous artists in the 19th century.
The Uffizi brought together under one roof the administrative offices and the Archivio di Stato, the state archive. The project was intended to display prime art works of the Medici collections on the piano nobile; the plan was carried out by his son, Grand Duke Francesco I. He commissioned the architect Buontalenti to design the Tribuna degli Uffizi that would display a series of masterpieces in one room, including jewels; it became a highly influential attraction of a Grand Tour. The octagonal room was completed in 1584.[8]
Over the years, more sections of the palace were recruited to exhibit paintings and sculpture collected or commissioned by the Medici. For many years, 45 to 50 rooms were used to display paintings from the 13th to 18th century.[9]
Modern times
Because of its huge collection, some of the Uffizi's works have in the past been transferred to other museums in Florence—for example, some famous statues to the Bargello. A project was finished in 2006 to expand the museum's exhibition space some 6,000 metres2 (64,000 ft2) to almost 13,000 metres2 (139,000 ft2), allowing public viewing of many artworks that had usually been in storage.
The Nuovi Uffizi (New Uffizi) renovation project which started in 1989 was progressing well in 2015 to 2017.[10][11] It was intended to modernize all of the halls and more than double the display space. As well, a new exit was planned and the lighting, air conditioning and security systems were updated. During construction, the museum remained open, although rooms were closed as necessary with the artwork temporarily moved to another location.[12] For example, the Botticelli rooms and two others with early Renaissance paintings were closed for 15 months but reopened in October 2016.[13]
The major modernization project, New Uffizi, had increased viewing capacity to 101 rooms by late 2016 by expanding into areas previously used by the Florence State Archive.[14]
The Uffizi hosted over two million visitors in 2016, making it the most visited art gallery in Italy.[15] In high season (particularly in July), waiting times can be up to five hours. Tickets are available on-line in advance, however, to significantly reduce the waiting time.[9] A new ticketing system is currently being tested to reduce queuing times from hours to just minutes.[16] The museum is being renovated to more than double the number of rooms used to display artwork.[14]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum was closed for 150 days in 2020, and attendance plunged by 72 percent to 659,043. Nonetheless, the Uffizi was twenty-seventh in the list of most-visited art museums in the world in 2020.[17] Works from the Uffizi gallery collection are now available for remote viewing on Google Arts and Culture.[18] The museum reopened in May 2021 following a renovation that included an addition of 14 new rooms and a display of additional 129 artworks, with the museum attempting to give more voice to historically underrepresented groups that include women and people of color.[19]
Incidents
On 27 May 1993, the Sicilian Mafia carried out a car bomb explosion in Via dei Georgofili which damaged parts of the palace and killed five people. The blast destroyed five pieces of art and damaged another 30. Some of the paintings were fully protected by bulletproof glass.[20] The most severe damage was to the Niobe room and classical sculptures and neoclassical interior, which have since been restored, although its frescoes were damaged beyond repair.
^The Art Newspaper List of Most Visited Art Museums, March 28, 2022
^Flores, Lourdes (19 August 2015). "Eike Schmidt nuovo direttore della Galleria degli Uffizi" [Eike Schmidt new director of the Uffizi Gallery]. VisitUffizi.org (in Italian).
^"Discover the New Halls at Uffizi". Virtual Uffizi Gallery.
^. Uffizi Gallery. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04.
^"New Uffizi: The Botticelli & Early Renaissance Rooms Reopen". Uffizi Gallery. 19 October 2016.
^ ab"New Uffizi: The Botticelli & Early Renaissance Rooms Reopen". Uffizi Gallery. 19 October 2016.
^"MUSEI, TOP 30: COLOSSEO, UFFIZI E POMPEI SUPERSTAR NEL 2019 Franceschini: autonomia funziona, andiamo avanti su percorso innovazione". www.beniculturali.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^Squires, Nick (12 October 2018). "Uffizi gallery, Florence: Queuing times cut from hours to minutes with new system".
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The Uffizi Gallery UK juː ˈ f ɪ t s i ʊ ˈ f iː t s i 3 4 Italian Galleria degli Uffizi pronounced ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany Italy One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited it is also one of the largest and best known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance UffiziNarrow courtyard between the two wingsof the palace with view toward the Arno riverInteractive fullscreen mapEstablished1581LocationPiazzale degli Uffizi 50122 Florence ItalyCoordinates43 46 6 N 11 15 19 E 43 76833 N 11 25528 E 43 76833 11 25528 Coordinates 43 46 6 N 11 15 19 E 43 76833 N 11 25528 E 43 76833 11 25528TypeArt museum Design Textile Museum Historic siteVisitors969 695 2021 1 DirectorEike Schmidt 2 Websiteuffizi itRestored Niobe room represents Roman copies of late Hellenistic art View of daughter of Niobe bent by terror View of hallway The walls were originally covered with tapestries After the ruling House of Medici died out their art collections were given to the city of Florence under the famous Patto di famiglia negotiated by Anna Maria Luisa the last Medici heiress The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century and in 1769 it was officially opened to the public formally becoming a museum in 1865 5 Contents 1 History 2 Modern times 3 Incidents 4 Key works 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit Visitors observing Michelangelo painting Doni Tondo Uffizi is ranked as the 25th on the most visited art museums in the world with around 2 million visitors annually The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de Medici s as a means to consolidate his administrative control of the various committees agencies and guilds established in Florence s Republican past so as to accommodate them all one place hence the name uffizi offices The construction was later continued by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti it was completed in 1581 The top floor was made into a gallery for the family and their guests and included their collection of Roman sculptures 6 The cortile internal courtyard is so long narrow and open to the Arno at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it that architectural historians 7 treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe Vasari a painter and architect as well emphasised its perspective length by adorning it with the matching facades continuous roof cornices and unbroken cornices between storeys as well as the three continuous steps on which the palace fronts stand The niches in the piers that alternate with columns of the Loggiato filled with sculptures of famous artists in the 19th century Cosimo de Medici by Luigi Magi and Andrea Di Cione Orcagna by Niccolo Bazzanti Tribuna degli Uffizi The Uffizi brought together under one roof the administrative offices and the Archivio di Stato the state archive The project was intended to display prime art works of the Medici collections on the piano nobile the plan was carried out by his son Grand Duke Francesco I He commissioned the architect Buontalenti to design the Tribuna degli Uffizi that would display a series of masterpieces in one room including jewels it became a highly influential attraction of a Grand Tour The octagonal room was completed in 1584 8 Over the years more sections of the palace were recruited to exhibit paintings and sculpture collected or commissioned by the Medici For many years 45 to 50 rooms were used to display paintings from the 13th to 18th century 9 Modern times EditBecause of its huge collection some of the Uffizi s works have in the past been transferred to other museums in Florence for example some famous statues to the Bargello A project was finished in 2006 to expand the museum s exhibition space some 6 000 metres2 64 000 ft2 to almost 13 000 metres2 139 000 ft2 allowing public viewing of many artworks that had usually been in storage The Nuovi Uffizi New Uffizi renovation project which started in 1989 was progressing well in 2015 to 2017 10 11 It was intended to modernize all of the halls and more than double the display space As well a new exit was planned and the lighting air conditioning and security systems were updated During construction the museum remained open although rooms were closed as necessary with the artwork temporarily moved to another location 12 For example the Botticelli rooms and two others with early Renaissance paintings were closed for 15 months but reopened in October 2016 13 The major modernization project New Uffizi had increased viewing capacity to 101 rooms by late 2016 by expanding into areas previously used by the Florence State Archive 14 The Uffizi hosted over two million visitors in 2016 making it the most visited art gallery in Italy 15 In high season particularly in July waiting times can be up to five hours Tickets are available on line in advance however to significantly reduce the waiting time 9 A new ticketing system is currently being tested to reduce queuing times from hours to just minutes 16 The museum is being renovated to more than double the number of rooms used to display artwork 14 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the museum was closed for 150 days in 2020 and attendance plunged by 72 percent to 659 043 Nonetheless the Uffizi was twenty seventh in the list of most visited art museums in the world in 2020 17 Works from the Uffizi gallery collection are now available for remote viewing on Google Arts and Culture 18 The museum reopened in May 2021 following a renovation that included an addition of 14 new rooms and a display of additional 129 artworks with the museum attempting to give more voice to historically underrepresented groups that include women and people of color 19 Incidents EditOn 27 May 1993 the Sicilian Mafia carried out a car bomb explosion in Via dei Georgofili which damaged parts of the palace and killed five people The blast destroyed five pieces of art and damaged another 30 Some of the paintings were fully protected by bulletproof glass 20 The most severe damage was to the Niobe room and classical sculptures and neoclassical interior which have since been restored although its frescoes were damaged beyond repair Key works EditCimabue Santa Trinita Maesta Duccio Rucellai Madonna Giotto Ognissanti Madonna Badia Polyptych Simone Martini Annunciation with St Margaret and St Ansanus Ambrogio Lorenzetti Presentation at the Temple Gentile da Fabriano Adoration of the Magi Paolo Uccello The Battle of San Romano Rogier van der Weyden Lamentation of Christ Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child Coronation of the Virgin Piero della Francesca Diptych of Duke Federico da Montefeltro and Duchess Battista Sforza of Urbino Andrea del Verrocchio The Baptism of Christ Hugo van der Goes Portinari Triptych Sandro Botticelli Primavera The Birth of Venus Adoration of the Magi of 1475 and others Michelangelo The Holy Family Doni Tondo Leonardo da Vinci The Annunciation Adoration of the Magi Piero di Cosimo Perseus Freeing Andromeda Albrecht Durer Adoration of the Magi Raphael Madonna of the Goldfinch Portrait of Leo X Titian Flora Venus of Urbino Parmigianino Madonna with the Long Neck Caravaggio Bacchus Sacrifice of Isaac Medusa Artemisia Gentileschi Judith and Holofernes Rembrandt Self portrait as a Young Man attribution doubtful Self portrait as an Old Man Portrait of an Old Man The collection also contains some ancient sculptures such as the Arrotino the Two Wrestlers and the Bust of Severus Giovanni Gallery Edit Canaletto Veduta del Palazzo Ducale di Venezia Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus Caravaggio Sacrificio di Isacco Tribuna Caravaggio Medusa Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Beheading Holofernes Giotto Ognissanti Madonna Michelangelo Doni Tondo Parmigianino The Madonna with the Long Neck Albrecht Durer Adorazione dei Magi Raphael Madonna of the Goldfinch Titian Venus of Urbino Leonardo da Vinci AnnunciationSee also EditCollections of the UffiziReferences Edit The Art Newspaper List of Most Visited Art Museums March 28 2022 Flores Lourdes 19 August 2015 Eike Schmidt nuovo direttore della Galleria degli Uffizi Eike Schmidt new director of the Uffizi Gallery VisitUffizi org in Italian Uffizi Collins English Dictionary HarperCollins Retrieved 10 August 2019 Uffizi Lexico UK English Dictionary Oxford University Press Archived from the original on 2020 03 03 Uffizi Gallery Tickets Museums Tickets Florence Uffizi Gallery www florence museum com History of Uffizi Gallery www uffizi com Sigfried Giedion Space Time and Architecture 1941 1962 fig 17 Tribuna Hall n 18 Virtual Uffizi Virtual Uffizi Gallery a b Uffizi Gallery Tickets Museums Tickets Florence Uffizi Gallery www florence museum com Florence tours Uffizi Gallery italy mytour eu Discover the New Halls at Uffizi Virtual Uffizi Gallery History Uffizi Gallery Archived from the original on 2015 07 04 New Uffizi The Botticelli amp Early Renaissance Rooms Reopen Uffizi Gallery 19 October 2016 a b New Uffizi The Botticelli amp Early Renaissance Rooms Reopen Uffizi Gallery 19 October 2016 MUSEI TOP 30 COLOSSEO UFFIZI E POMPEI SUPERSTAR NEL 2019 Franceschini autonomia funziona andiamo avanti su percorso innovazione www beniculturali it in Italian Retrieved 3 July 2020 Squires Nick 12 October 2018 Uffizi gallery Florence Queuing times cut from hours to minutes with new system The Art Newspaper 30 March 2021 Maxim Staff 20 March 2020 Google Now Offering Virtual Tours of Over 1 200 Iconic Museums Maxim Retrieved 2021 01 27 Julia Buckley One of Italy s most famous sites just reopened with a striking change CNN Retrieved 2022 11 17 Cowell Alan 28 May 1993 Bomb Outside Uffizi in Florence Kills 6 and Damages Many Works The New York Times External links EditOfficial website Virtual tour of the Uffizi provided by Google Arts amp Culture Media related to Uffizi at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Uffizi amp oldid 1153647749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
