From 11th October 2011 to 4th March 2012 the exhibition "La Bella Italia, Arte e Identità delle Città Capitali’"will take place in Florence at Palazzo Pitti.
This major exhibition will be held in both Florence and Turin and is perhaps the most important event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
‘La bella Italia. Art and identity of the capital cities’ looks at the unique cultural and artistic identities and histories of the various capitals of the pre-unification Italy, to whit Turin, Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Naples and Palermo.
More than 300 masterpieces track and bear witness to the progress of art from ancient times up to 1861, and this exhibition will begin life in Turin before heading south to Florence.
The roll call of artists on show is show-stoppingly impressive: Giotto, Beato Angelico, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Correggio, Bronzino, Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio, Rubens, Tiepolo, Canova, Hayez and many more.
More information:
http://www.uffizi.firenze.it
