GALLERIA DELL’ACCADEMIA, GUIDA UFFICIALE

The Accademia Gallery is famous throughout the world as the “Michelangelo Museum”, for the group of Prisoners and the David located in the Tribune. Unique for its collection of gold-backgrounded panels, it houses numerous paintings with religious subjects by painters of the late 13th century, contemporaries of Giotto and leading late-Gothic masters. This volume is the official guide to the Accademia Gallery and is the most up-to-date, reliable guide available, ensuring a perfect visit. It contains the history of the museum, a complete list of all the works room by room, plans of all the rooms, images and comments on all the main works.

Author: Franca Falletti