uffizi gallery
last but not least!
on our last day in florence (and the worst weather day of the trip), we made our way to the uffizi, the mecca for art in italy. 2.6% of my "1001 paintings to see before you die" are in that museum! i booked tickets about two months earlier giving us a 10 AM admission. like the academy it was worth the extra 4 EUR per person to have this reservation. also, please remember your reservation number; that turns out to be the only way that they can look up your reservation! the reservation allows you to go into a special line. they admit that line prior to anyone in the other line.
the tour groups within the uffizi were out of control. i (and jason, in particular) wish they had some limits on size since some of them were over forty people huddled around a tiny painting!
the museum is pretty easily laid out and it sure is easy to just follow the crowd. we did laugh that the museum was on the first floor, but it was a solid four flights of stairs up to get to it!
the collection is easily in the top ten museums in the world. i feel as though you think about the met, the louvre, museo del prado and the uffizi in one thought when thinking about top collections.
some of my favorite paintings are below (all pictures courtesy of wikipedia). they are paintings that most people recognize almost instantly.
seeing these paintings in person is pretty stunning. we waited long enough in each gallery to get up close enough to see all the detail within the paintings. the texture in the dresses of botticelli is so intricate and beautiful. it looks so realistic.
we also found it fascinating that after the main halls for the uffizi, we went down a small flight of the stairs to the non-italian art. this art is kept in much small quarters and is a much smaller collection on display. it was nice though that tour groups were only allowed into these galleries at very precise intervals with a guard preventing the large groups from entering!
the construction within the museum made the trip to the exit quite long. the screaming children probably also added to how long it seemed!
you cannot go to florence and skip the uffizi. i could probably also say that you cannot go to italy and skip the uffizi!
time in museum: 3 hrs
times visited: 2
overall: A
on our last day in florence (and the worst weather day of the trip), we made our way to the uffizi, the mecca for art in italy. 2.6% of my "1001 paintings to see before you die" are in that museum! i booked tickets about two months earlier giving us a 10 AM admission. like the academy it was worth the extra 4 EUR per person to have this reservation. also, please remember your reservation number; that turns out to be the only way that they can look up your reservation! the reservation allows you to go into a special line. they admit that line prior to anyone in the other line.
the tour groups within the uffizi were out of control. i (and jason, in particular) wish they had some limits on size since some of them were over forty people huddled around a tiny painting!
the museum is pretty easily laid out and it sure is easy to just follow the crowd. we did laugh that the museum was on the first floor, but it was a solid four flights of stairs up to get to it!
the collection is easily in the top ten museums in the world. i feel as though you think about the met, the louvre, museo del prado and the uffizi in one thought when thinking about top collections.
some of my favorite paintings are below (all pictures courtesy of wikipedia). they are paintings that most people recognize almost instantly.
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| primavera by Sandro Botticelli |
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| the birth of venus by Sandro Botticelli |
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| madonna of the goldfinch by Raphael |
we also found it fascinating that after the main halls for the uffizi, we went down a small flight of the stairs to the non-italian art. this art is kept in much small quarters and is a much smaller collection on display. it was nice though that tour groups were only allowed into these galleries at very precise intervals with a guard preventing the large groups from entering!
the construction within the museum made the trip to the exit quite long. the screaming children probably also added to how long it seemed!
you cannot go to florence and skip the uffizi. i could probably also say that you cannot go to italy and skip the uffizi!
time in museum: 3 hrs
times visited: 2
overall: A
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