To raise awareness of the Uffizzi and its cultural treasures by providing resources for acquisition,
Amici degli Uffizi, established in 1993 after the Uffizi bombing, has supported the Uffizi Gallery in Florence by facilitating acquisitions, supporting restorations and organizing special events. Friends of the Uffizi USA works with Amici to raise funds to support these activities through the efforts of its dedicated members and patrons. Over 30 restoration projects have been completed since 2011.
The Uffizi Gallery, originally showcasing the Medici family collection of ancient sculptures, is considered one of the world's first public museums. It receives over 1.6 million visitors per year and is the home to some of antiquity's most treasured Renaissance art. Working closely with the museum's curatorial staff, both groups play a vital role in preserving and restoring one of the worlds most important museums and the cultural heritage of Western civilization.
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Lecture by NY Time best selling author Robert M. Edsel. Author of many books including "The Monuments Men" and "Saving Italy". February 1, 2022 at Meyer Hall in West Palm Beach, Florida. $100 Lecture ticket or $1000 for Lecture and Lunch in Palm Beach.
Friends of the Uffizi Galleries will be hosting a cultural FLorentine Weekend October 7 - 12, 2021.
For information on how to participate in our Complimentary Webinar "The Art of Perception" on May 20th, follow this link: https://rockyruggiero.com/shop/events/events-in-the-u-s/complimentary-webinar-sponsored-by-friends-of-the-uffizi-gallery-the-art-of-perception/
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR The Art of Perception SPONSORED BY: Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Date & Time: Thursday, May 20, 2021 5:30 – 6:30 pm ET (2:30 – 3:30 pm PT)
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR
The Art of Perception
Presented by Amy Herman
SPONSORED BY:
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery & Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm ET (2:30 – 3:30 pm PT)
What do the FBI, CIA, and NATO have in common with The Uffizi? Amy Herman and The Art of Perception. In her highly participatory presentation, Ms. Herman will use the analysis of works of art as a vehicle to enhance observation, perception, and communication skills. In the pandemic’s shift to a virtual platform, effective communication is paramount. Participants will reconsider their critical inquiry skills and ability to communicate in a variety of scenarios, both personal and professional. Works of art will also be engaged as tools to understand assumptions that impede best practices and decision making. Prepare to have your eyes opened when you did not even know they were closed.
SHOES SPEAK ITALIAN......Step back in time with us!
The Uffizi Galleries have published an online visit you might find interesting: https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions/worn-by-the-gods
The theme is quite peculiar and curious, showing the art of shoe making in the ancient world, which also inspired Hollywood film genre of "sword and sandal" and even modern designers such as Ferragamo.
Excitingly, some of the ancient statues included in the virtual exhibition have been restored by the Friends of the Uffizi over the years.
The Art of shoemaking in the ancient world, the epic films and contemporary fashion
Please join us!
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Antique SPONSORED BY: Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Date & Time: – Tuesday, November 17, 2020 / 5:30 – 6:30PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
To register for our November 17th Webinar use the following link: https://rockyruggiero.com/shop/events/events-in-the-u-s/complimentary-webinar-sponsored-by-friends-of-the-uffizi-gallery-botticelli-leonardo-michelangelo-and-the-antique/
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Antique SPONSORED BY: Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Date & Time: – Tuesday, November 17, 2020 / 5:30 – 6:30PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR
"Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Antique"
SPONSORED BY: Friends of the Uffizi Gallery
DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 / 5:30 – 6:30PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Make a difference and preserve the artistic legacy of the Renaissance!
Help us restore the "Neptune Fountain" in the Boboli Gardens!
Exclusive Fundraising Webinar:
"Raphael, Michelangelo and the Medici Collection"
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Date: Friday, August 28, 2020
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Location: Live Virtual meeting will take place on Zoom Video Conferencing platform.
Price: Minimum $25 donation to Friends of the Uffizi Gallery
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Join us tomorrow, Saturday, January 6th from 12:00pm - 3:00pm for a luncheon and lecture "Treasures of the Uffizi" by Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.
The event will be held at Arturo's Restaurant, 6750 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33487. Includes a traditional Italian lunch. $65.00 per person
For more information or to make a reservation call 561-289-4090 or visit our website at www.friendsoftheuffizigallery.org.
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Forse non tutti ricordano che...sono passati già 10 anni dall'intervento di restauro integrale della scala lorenese e del ricetto degli , reso possibile grazie al sostegno della nostra filiazione americana negli Stati Uniti, la Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. L’evento è stato storico, perché siamo intervenuti su marmi antichi di grande rilievo, per di più esposti in un ambiente tra i più nobili dell’edificio, che in questa circostanza hanno recuperato i colori originari. 🌺
ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTO: Rembrandt: Self-portrait as a Young Man. c1634 Rembrandt showed a life-long penchant for the self-portrait, as if he wished to document every stage of his career (about eighty self-portraits, three of them in the Uffizi, are known). Son of a rich miller from Leydon, Rembrandt left his native city early for The Hague, from there he moved in 1631 to Amsterdam. There he painted this self-portrait, which reveals a striking talent for psychological investigation. The young painter with the decided gaze wears a rich velvet gown adored by a precious collar. The work was donated to the Florentine Gerini family by Johann Wilelm, Palatine Elector of the Rhine, the husband of Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici (the Palatine Elector, known also by the Italianized name of Giovanni Guglielmo, who died in 1716, donated many preious works to the Medici collection.)
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ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTO: ST. ELIGIUS AND KING CLOVIS The Florentine painter Empoli, also renowned for still lifes (two of which, restored in 1994, are in the Vasari Corridor at the Uffizi) painted this beautiful canvas for the altar of the Goldsmiths’ Guild in Via della Crocetta, now Via Laura. On June 25, 1614, the saint’s feast day, the altarpiece arrived at its destination. Empoli shows the honest Eligius, patron saint of goldsmiths, consigning to Clovis King of France two thrones made of the silver he was accused of having stolen. The personages wear sumptuous costumes of the times. Clovis in particular is dressed in blue velvet adorned with French-style gilded lilies and a satin mantle lined in fur. The precious objects on the shelf and the tools of the trade hanging on the coat rack evoke a typical Granducal workshop, or rather the famous Casino de San Marco where goldsmiths called to court from all over Europe worked. Karla Langedijk has suggested that the figure of the balding Eligius with beard and mustache is a portrait of the French sculpture Pietro Francavilla , accused like St. Eligius of appropriating precious materials. The page at far right may be a portrait of the French artist Jacques Callot, who worked at the Florentine court from 1612.
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Amici degli Uffizi
Ecco l'articolo uscito nel numero estivo di Toscana & Chianti News! Si parla della nostra Associazione, del restauro dell'Annunciazione dei Magi di e della nostra iniziativa annuale Stati Generali Amici dei Musei e delle Gallerie!
Buona lettura!
Amici degli Uffizi
Nei nostri primi di attività ci siamo occupati di 112 restauri, 115 acquisizioni, 20 mostre e della pubblicazione di 26 cataloghi: numeri importanti per un'associazione privata, indipendente e no profit la cui missione è quella di valorizzare e conservare le collezioni delle Gallerie degli .
Dal 2006 sono 'scesi in campo' a sostegno dell'arte anche i Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, associazione di mecenati americani.
Un grazie a tutti voi, ai nostri affezionati soci e a tutti coloro che decideranno di dare il loro contributo! 🌺
ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTO: Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell by Hans Holbein the Younger. Wood on oil. 1536 In 1620, Cosimo II de’ Medici, in a letter dated September 12, asked Thomas Howard, Duke of Arundel, for the gift of a portrait by Holbein, the great master from Augsburg who worked at the Tudor court from 1536. The portrait which arrived in Florence in April 1621, two months after Cosimo’s death, depicts a personage close to Henry VIII, Richard Southwell, one of the executors of the King’s will, 33 years old at the time, as can be read on the right. The original ebony frame is lost; remaining below the painting are four silver medallions bearing the coats of arms of the Medici, the Arundels, Southwells, and the name of the artist, evidently added later when the painting was sent as a gift to the Grand Duke. The portrait was painted at the time of Holbein’s full maturity. The artist investigates the imperturbable face with scrupulous accuracy: the chin already slightly flaccid, the deep scar under the fine bears, the coarse nose and thin lips. Luminous brushstrokes emphasize the folds in the sleeve and the jewels worn with nonchalance: a gold chain glimpsed under the black gown, the brooch on the beret, the rings.
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Annunciation by definition means announcement and in this painting, the archangel Gabriel is announcing to Mary that she will bear a special child. He told her that his name would be Jesus meaning “savior”. The setting is in a Florentine Villa with mountains and water as the background. Landscapes were painted in various artworks simply as a background for human activity. It could sometimes represent a religious meaning as well. We can see that the angel is holding a lily which symbolizes virginity alongside with the landscape background. The light that Leonardo painted upon Mary portrays her as the main subject giving us that feel of sovereign emotion. Vanishing points are seen from a horizontal viewpoint within the painting as well that lead to the middle. However, seeing it in a vertical angel, the vanishing point is not located at the same spot, in fact, it is two thirds of the way up. Because of this mistake and several others, experts do not give much merit to Leonardo due to lack of perspective. Then again, Leonardo was only twenty years of age when he painted this and it is still known as one of his great works. As far as the wardrobe, Leonardo was influenced by Sandro Botticelli to clothe them in a renaissance style. He liked using dark colors such as red, green, and brown which is what Leonardo used to dress Mary and Angel Gabriel. In fact, Leonardo used much of what he sees as inspiration. For example, the wings on the angel is said to be wings from a bird that he saw soaring through the sky but, of course, had lengthened them.
The Annunciation has been painted as Christian representation done by artists such as Fra Angelico, Simone Martini, Il Tintoretto, so on and so forth. Some say that Leonardo completed the Annunciation painting on his own beginning with the drawing to the final brush strokes. However, there is confusion between others who analyzed his work because Verrocchio might have helped with the painting and asked Leonardo to paint the background and angel. This could be correct since the marble table in front of Mary is inscribed with a quote from the tomb of Piero and Giovanni de Medici. Verrocchio sculpted this tomb and placed it in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence.
Leonardo da Vinci, as an artist, loved painting landscape and everything he painted was for the purpose of his audience to feel some type of emotion. Throughout his studies, he was fascinated by knowing about the human body; the way muscles worked. He was also intrigued by birds and the mechanism of how they flew. As a child, while other kids would play in the fields, he walked around his town analyzing details. Leonardo spent most of his time painting but around the age of 65, he was asked to work as an engineer and therefore, found no more time to paint. He was asked in several requests to paint but he denied them all.
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ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTO: Eleonora di Toledo with her son, Giovanni by Agnolo Bronzino - 1545 Eleonora di Toledo (1519-1562) married Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1539, and bore him eight children. Here she is shown with her first son, the second-born Giovanni (1543-1562), future cardinal. To this cherished son the court portrait painter Bronzino dedicated an individual portrait, also in the Tribuna. Wearing a coral pendant, an amulet against early death, Giovanni is show smiling, holding a goldfinch in his hand. Eleonora’s role as a mother is marked by the pomegranates embroidered o her dress, a symbol of fecundity which appears again on the ceiling of her chapel in Palazzo Vecchio, also frescoed by Bronzino. The brocade dress with Spanish embroidery is identical to the one found in 1857 inside the tomb of the Duchess in the Medici Chapel. The background landscape may show the Grand Duke’s dominions.
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ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTO: This photograph depicts the delicate work done to remove surface grime and dirt from an original Calder mobile. This work is done by The Fine Arts Conservancy and will be the subject of Member's Only Restoration Tour on May 3rd in Palm Beach.
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SPECIAL MEMBER'S EVENT: The Fine Arts Conservancy Restoration Tour. Located in the Palm Beaches, The Fine Arts Conservancy is a leading conservation and restoration center. With over 5000 square feet of modern, well-equipped laboratories in West Palm Beach, FAC is one of the mostly highly regarded facilities in the country. There are separate labs for sculpture and objects conservation, painting conservation, paper conservation, framing, furniture, textiles and diagnostic and technical examination.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 ~ 5:00 pm
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One of the most enduring relationships in Michelangelo’s life was his personal and professional entanglement with the powerful Medici family. The Medici were responsible for Michelangelo’s early education, some of his major commissions in Florence, and, ultimately, his exile from the city as an elderly man. This talk will take a comprehensive view of the influence of the Medici on Michelangelo’s art, life, and legacy.
Our Lecturer is Dr. Emily Fenichel is an Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University. She earned her PhD from the University of Virginia where her dissertation considered Michelangelo's images of the Virgin Mary in light of their iconographic ingenuity and their religious context. Currently, she is working on several projects, including a book on Michelangelo’s late period. More generally, her research examines the influence of theology, liturgy, and devotion on the art of the Early Modern Period in Italy.
Our cover photo is Michelangelo's "Tondo Doni."
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