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F lorence jealously protects many priceless masterpiec- es that everyone should see at least once in their lifetime, but for those of you that don’t have time to see them all, we suggest an itinerary of 10 un- missable masterpieces. Some you will find among the most beautiful streets and squares of the city, others in its most famous museums. Let’s discover them together! Air Serbia is relaunch- ing its scheduled flights to Florence this April, so why not use the oppor- tunity to be left fascinated and forev- er changed... queen of the Renaissance “The capital” of Tuscany is THE ART OF FLORENCE Unique certainly an artistic wonderland - you could spend weeks in the city and still not see it all…
Botticelli’s La Primavera, another must- see Renaissance masterpiece.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI by Leonardo da Vinci (Uffizi)
While you’re exploring the Uffizi, don’t miss this unfinished masterpiece that’s a tribute to Leonardo’s curious mind. A year after this altarpiece was commis- sioned, Leonardo fled Florence for Milan and didn’t return for the next 20 years. Why did he flee? We don’t really know. Maybe it was time to see, do, and learn something new. This unfinished design stands as a tribute to his early develop- ment in Florence. It was in Milan that he would develop into a master…
THE VENUS OF URBINO by Titian (Uffizi Galleries)
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Just stay at the Uffizi for a while longer. And while you’re there, make sure to track down Titian’s masterpiece of do- mestic eroticism, depicting the goddess of Venus draped across a couch, staring directly out at the observer. This work also inspired another masterpiece 300 years later: Edouard Manet’s Olympia, the painting that kickstarted the Im- pressionist movement.
THE BIRTH OF VENUS by Botticelli (Uffizi Galleries)
This iconic “Venus in a half shell” paint- ing is one of the jewels of Florence. The God of Wind blows Venus into birth on her shell, while the Goddess of Seasons prepares to drape her in a robe of flow- ers… In the same room as Venus is also
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