The Pitti Palace
The Pitti Palace

Author: Marilena Mosco

Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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The Pitti Palace with its immense garden, the Boboli, dominates the left bank of the river Arno across from the main part of the ancient city of Florence. The original palace was begun in 1458 on the orders of Luca Pitti, an ambitious and corrupt merchant friend of the Medici's. Successive enlargements transformed the building into the grand edifice we see today. Within the Palatine Gallery, originally consisting of about 500 paintings from the Grand-Duke Ferdinand II's private collection, today's visitor can admire one of the world's greatest art collections. Among the many masterpieces on display are magnificent works by Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Titian and Rubens.

The Pitti Palace Collections
The Pitti Palace Collections

Author: Alexandra Bonfante-Warren

Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1

ISBN-13: 0883635135

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Situated across the Arno River from Florence’s busy city center, the 15th-century Palazzo Pitti is one of the city's crown jewels and contains an appropriately splendid collection ranging from early masters like Giotto and Duccio to contemporary Italian artists. The Palace’s major paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects are beautifully photographed here against dramatic backdrops of exquisite frescoed rooms, lush gardens, and lovely reflecting pools. The lively text weaves a web of intrigue, romance, and power in the story of the Medicis's creation of this world-class collection and the magnificent edifice that houses it.

Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries
Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries

Author: Mina Gregori

Publisher: Bulfinch Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9780821220849

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This magnificent gathering of more than 800 exemplary paintings from one of the world's greatest collections of European art has been lovingly reproduced in lavish full color. Over 800 color plates. Boxed.