Masterpieces exposed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

Visiting the Uffizi Gallery in Florence you can admire several masterpieces of the Renaissance and beyond. Among all these, a special mention is up to the Birth of Venus by Botticelli, one of the flagship of the famous Florentine Museum. The work represents the goddess while it is going out of the waters and, at her sides, Zephyr and the nymph Ora, that is handing a mantle to Venus. Botticelli reproduces, through the characters represented in his work, an ideal beauty, with perfect shapes. The face of Venus, framed by hair, shows an expression witch in its sweetness implies a slight note of melancholy. Venus is also a symbol of the union between the  celestial and the earthly nature, and also of  the rebirth of the soul after baptism. Another painting worth noting is The battle of San Romano ,a painting (tempera on wood) created by Paolo Uccello dated 1438 circa. The work consists of three episodes, realized on as many panels, of the battle fought in June 1432 between Florentines and Senesi. The three panels depicting many salient episodes of day of fighting are stored by three different museums. Niccolò da Tolentino at the head of Florence is preserved at the National Gallery in London; the Bernardino della Ciarda Highsider (leader of the Sienese forces) is at the Uffizi Gallery at Florence; and the last Panel, decisive intervention alongside of Michele Attendolo (Captain General of Florentine militia under the command of the column of reinforcements) is currently in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The episode at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is the only one of the three that still has traces of silver foil that covered the armor of fighters depicted. The figures of men and animals drawn by Paolo Uccello are geometric, but unreal, as the colors used: the horses were painted pink, blue and white, with some poses that at first glance may seem absurd. To book your tickets for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and not to miss upcoming exhibitions of the masterpieces at the museum, I recommend you the following links: www.Uffizi-Firenze.com or www.MuseumTicket.it