Impruneta terracotta on display

From 02-04-2009  To 26-07-2009

Impruneta terracotta. Masters of the Renaissance and today’s kilns. This exhibition is devoted to a particularly important anniversary when, on 23rd March 1309, the Impruneta kiln workers set up a corporation with a deed that is kept today at the State Archives in Florence.
Statues by Renaissance masters together with antique and modern pots, archaeological finds in Etruscan terracotta, garden objects and today’s kiln productions make up this fascinating exhibition. formellaThe show is on in the historical Piazza Buondelmonti, more specifically in the hall and cloisters of the Basilica di Santa Maria as well as in the Pellegrino Loggia. The show is open to the public from 26th March to 16th July. It is structured in five sections and boasts objects by Brunelleschi, Luca della Robbia, Benedetto da Maiano, Nanni di Bartolo and others in the section entitled Masters of the Renaissance. Evidence of the use of terracotta in architecture starts with the Etruscans who used it for their temples, moving on to Brunelleschi who used it to cover the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, reaching right up to contemporary usage with the Florentine Liberty villas or the University building at Porta Tufi, Siena by the architect Adolfo Natalini.

Hand crafted terracotta is represented by decorative objects and objects of every day use from the 17th Century through to contemporary Impruneta kiln production.

On occasion of the exhibition and the 700th anniversary of terracotta the town councils of the Florentine Chianti area are also part of the itinerary to discover evidence of terracotta production – and lots of it too! An illustrated leaflet of the itinerary with a tourist map allows the visitor to tour around the area and see objects and beautiful, unexpected constructions throughout the towns and museums of Barberino Valdelsa, Greve in Chianti, San Casciano, Val di Pesa and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. donatello

The exhibition will be officially opened on Saturday 21st March and will be open from 26th March to 26th July only on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Opening times are from 10am-1pm; 3pm-7pm; the entrance fee is  € 5,00, reduction for groups € 3,50 and you are given a special Cotto Card that also gives entrance to the museums mentioned above and to the Museum of Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence.
Many restaurants, hotels and shops offer 10% discounts to card holders.
The Cotto Card also gives use of a free bus service that connects  Florence to Impruneta on Sundays.

Exhibition information 055 2012158
Bookings 055 243140

credits: www.firenzeturismo.it

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