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                                               A Long weekend in Florence 

                                                             Thursday 20^th - Sunday 23^rd January 2011

Every so often AHA comes across an unmissable exhibition, the like of which may well never happen again.  The last one was the Correggio show two years ago.  This trip will be short, focused, brilliant and fun.

 Bronzino was a contemporary of Michelangelo, painting the Allegory of Love, (illustrated) which you may well know from the National Gallery.  Aside from sophisticated and occasionally alarming subject matter, he was also technically supreme, creating a paint surface which has rarely, if ever, been surpassed. 

Itinerary 

Thursday 20^th January

am       Flight direct to Florence with Meridiana from Gatwick.

pm       Lunch in Florence followed by an introduction to 16^th Century Florence with particular reference to the Medici as Dukes and Bronzino as their court artist.  Visit to the Palazzo Vecchio to see a breathtaking chapel by Bronzino and works by the pervasive Vasari.         

Friday 21^st January

am       The Bronzino Exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi with break for mid-morning coffee.

pm       After a delicious local lunch, a church crawl to Santa Felicità, San Lorenzo and Santissima Annunciata to see works by Bronzino and his master, Pontormo.

Saturday 22^nd January

am       16^th Century painting at the Uffizi: Ten of the most influential paintings by, amongst others, Michelangelo, Pontormo, Parmigianino, Andrea del Sarto, Titian and Durer.

pm       After a mighty lunch at The Quattro Leoni we suggest a free afternoon for rest, wandering and shopping. There will be an optional artistic programme involving some strolling in the Boboli Gardens and wonderful pictures at the Pitti Palace.

Sunday 23^rd January

am       We will take a private bus to the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano, about 30 minutes outside Florence.  This was one of the great Medici villas and has grand decorations by Pontormo. 

pm       We also hope to see San Michele in Carmignano for Pontormo's Visitation before a lazy lunch and a short ride to the airport for check-in at 16.30.

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