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Leonardo. The Vitruvian Man between art and science
Seven years have passed since the Vitruvian Man of Leonardo was displayed the last time and from 10 October 2009 through 10 January 2010, tourists and citizens alike will have a unique occasion to see Leonardo's most famopus drawing in the Accademia Gallery where it is stored.
The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan around the year 1490. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the famed architect, Vitruvius Pollio.
The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice since 1822, and, like most works on paper, is displayed only occasionally.
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When: From Oct-10-2009 To Jan-10-2010
Where: Gallerie dell'Accademia
Contacts: (0)41 5222247
More information: Campo della Carità - Dorsoduro 1050
30100 Venezia
Email: polove.accademia@arti.beniculturali.it
Web: www.artive.beniculturali.it
Opening: lun 8.15 - 14 (ultimo ingresso ore 13.15)
mar - dom 8.15 - 19.15 (ultimo ingresso ore 18.30)
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Where: Gallerie dell'Accademia
Contacts: (0)41 5222247
More information: Campo della Carità - Dorsoduro 1050
30100 Venezia
Email: polove.accademia@arti.beniculturali.it
Web: www.artive.beniculturali.it
Opening: lun 8.15 - 14 (ultimo ingresso ore 13.15)
mar - dom 8.15 - 19.15 (ultimo ingresso ore 18.30)
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Accademia Galleries
The monumental complex of the Accademia Galleries is set in the famous Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Carità, one of the most ancient lay confraternities in the city. The others church of St Mary and the monastery of the Lateran Canons, built by Andrea Palladio. The exhibition of paintings is set within the Accademia Galleries and constitutes the most important collection of Venetian paintings from the IV Byzantine and Gothic centuries to Renaissance artists and 1700s landscape painters.
Quadreria delle Gallerie dell'Accademia
La Quadreria delle Gallerie dell’Accademia ospita all’ultimo piano del monastero palladiano dei Lateranensi circa 80 dipinti di scuola veneta costituenti il deposito del museo. All’epoca dell’apertura della quadreria, l’allora Ministro per i Beni Culturali, Antonio Paolucci, la descriveva così: “il deposito è la riserva vitale di ogni collezione pubblica, ne documenta la storia con le mutazioni del gusto... e' il luogo della ricerca... e' il museo nascosto che sta al museo visibile cosi' come gli organi interni stanno alla pelle e alla faccia di ciascuno di noi”.
The Santa Maria della Carita Complex
The complex can be found in the district of Dorsoduro at the foot of the Accademia Bridge. It is made up of the church, the convent of the Canonici Lateranensi and the Scuola Grande whose rooms, now communicating, house the Accademia Gallery.
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