{"id":11571,"date":"2015-10-09T14:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=11571"},"modified":"2015-10-09T19:09:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T17:09:38","slug":"florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Florence, Portrait at the Medicis Court&#8221;: a seminal show that works better than any economic data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11571 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/unbekannter-meister3-viertel-16-jh-glasnegativrage-848\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/09-Salviati-Portrait-dun-jeune-homme-avec-une-biche-361x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11580\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11580'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancesco Salviati (Francesco de\u2019 Rossi, dit) Florence, 1510 \u2013 Rome, 1563 Portrait d\u2019un jeune homme accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019une biche Vers 1545\u20131548, huile sur bois, 88,5\u00a0\u00d7\u00a068,5\u00a0cm Vaduz-Vienne, Les collections princi\u00e8res Liechtenstein \u00a9 LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz\u2013Vienna.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/10-salviati-portrait-d-un-luthiste\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-Salviati-Portrait-d-un-luthiste--369x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11581\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11581'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancesco Salviati (Francesco de\u2019 Rossi, dit) Portrait d&#8217;un luthiste  1527-1530, huile sur bois, 96 x 77 cm  Paris, Mus\u00e9e Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Institut de France  \u00a9 Paris, Mus\u00e9e Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Institut de France \/ Studio S\u00e9bert\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/16-pontormo-portrait-d-un-joueur-de-luth\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/16-Pontormo-Portrait-d-un-joueur-de-luth-338x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11587\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11587'>\n\t\t\t\tJacopo Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci, dit) Pontorme, 1494 \u2013 Florence, 1557 Portrait d\u2019un joueur de luth,  Vers 1529-1530, Huile sur bois Collection Particuli\u00e8re  \u00a9 Eckart Lingenauber\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/15-rosso-fiorentino-portrait-d-homme\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/15-Rosso-Fiorentino-portrait-d-homme.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11586\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11586'>\n\t\t\t\tRosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo\u00a0dit) 1494 \u2013 1540  Portrait d\u2019homme,  1520-1522, Huile sur bois,  Florence, Galleria Palatina  \u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E e per il Polo Museale della citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/14-bronzino-francois-de-medicis\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/14-Bronzino-Francois-de-M\u00e9dicis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11585\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11585'>\n\t\t\t\tBronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo, dit) Florence, 1503 \u2013 1572 Fran\u00e7ois de M\u00e9dicis, 1555-1565, Huile sur \u00e9tain,  Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi \u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E e per il Polo Museale della citt\u00e0 di Firenze \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/13-fra-bartolomeo-portrait-de-savonarole\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/13-Fra-Bartolomeo-Portrait-de-Savonarole.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11584\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11584'>\n\t\t\t\tFra\u2019 Bartolomeo,  1472 \u2013 1517 Portrait de Savonarole,  1498-1499, Huile sur bois, 53 x 37,5 cm,  Florence, Mus\u00e9e de San Marco  \u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/12-del-sarto-portrait-de-femme-en-jaune\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"118\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12-Del-Sarto-Portrait-de-femme-en-jaune.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11583\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11583'>\n\t\t\t\tAndrea del Sarto Portrait d&#8217;une femme en jaune vers 1529-30, huile sur toile, 65 x 50 cm,  Londres, Windsor Royal Collection  \u00a9 Royal Collection Trust \/ \u00a9 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/11-santi-di-tito-portrait-de-marie-de-medicis\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"84\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/11-Santi-di-Tito-Portrait-de-Marie-de-M\u00e9dicis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11582\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11582'>\n\t\t\t\tSanti di Tito et atelier Florence, 1536 \u2013 1603 Portrait de Marie de M\u00e9dicis 1600, huile sur toile, 193,5\u00a0x\u00a0109\u00a0cm Florence, Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria Palatina \u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/08-bronzino-portrait-de-come-1e-de-medicis-en-armes\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/08-Bronzino-Portrait-de-Come-1e-de-M\u00e9dicis-en-armes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11579\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11579'>\n\t\t\t\tBronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo, dit) et atelier\nFlorence, 1503 \u2013 1572\nPortrait de Cosme\u00a0Ier de M\u00e9dicis\n1555\u20131565, huile sur \u00e9tain, 16\u00a0\u00d7\u00a012,5\u00a0cm\nFlorence, Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi\n\u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/transfer-100430-33463\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/06-Salviati-Portrait-de-Jean-des-Bandes-Noires.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11577\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11577'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancesco Salviati (Francesco de\u2019 Rossi, dit) Florence 1510 \u2013 Rome 1563 Portrait de Jean des Bandes Noires 1546\u20131548, huile sur bois, 65\u00a0x\u00a046\u00a0cm Florence, Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina \u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/05-ridolfo-del-ghirlandaio-dame-au-voile\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/05-Ridolfo-del-Ghirlandaio-Dame-au-voile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11576\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11576'>\n\t\t\t\tRidolfo del Ghirlandaio (Ridolfo Bigordi, dit)\nFlorence, 1483 \u2013 1561\nDame au voile (La Monaca)\n1510\u20131515, huile sur bois, 65\u00a0x\u00a048\u00a0cm\nFlorence, Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi\n\u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/4-vasari-portrait-dalexandre-de-medicis-devant-la-ville-de-florence\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4-Vasari-Portrait-dAlexandre-de-M\u00e9dicis-devant-la-ville-de-Florence.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11575\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11575'>\n\t\t\t\tGiorgio Vasari\nArezzo, 1511 \u2013 Florence, 1574\nPortrait d\u2019Alexandre de M\u00e9dicis devant la ville de Florence\nVers 1534, huile sur bois, 157 x 114 cm\nFlorence, Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria degli Uffizi\n\u00a9 S.S.P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/3-pontormo-double-portrait\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3-Pontormo-Double-portrait.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11574\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11574'>\n\t\t\t\tJacopo Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci, dit)\nPontorme, 1494 \u2013 Florence, 1557\nDouble Portrait\nVers 1522\u20131523, huile sur bois, 88,2\u00a0x\u00a068\u00a0cm\nVenise, Fondazione Giorgio Cini\n\u00a9 Venezia, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Matteo De Fina\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/02-bronzino-portrait-dune-dame-en-rouge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/02-Bronzino-Portrait-dune-dame-en-rouge.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11573\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11573'>\n\t\t\t\tBronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo, dit)\nFlorence, 1503 \u2013 1572\nPortrait d\u2019une dame en rouge\nVers 1525\u20131530, huile sur bois, 89,8\u00a0x\u00a070,5\u00a0cm\nFrancfort-sur-le-Main, St\u00e4del Museum \n\u00a9 St\u00e4del Museum &#8211; U. Edelmann \/ ARTOTHEK.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/09\/florence-portrait-at-the-medicis-court-when-a-show-works-better-than-economic-data\/01-bronzino-portrait-d-eleonore-de-tolede\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/01-Bronzino-Portrait-d-Eleonore-de-Tolede.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11572\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11572'>\n\t\t\t\tBronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo, dit),\nFlorence, 1503 \u2013 1572. Portrait d\u2019El\u00e9onore de Tol\u00e8de, \n1522, Huile sur bois\nPrague, N\u00e1rodn\u00cd Galerie \n\u00a9 National Gallery of Prague 2014.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Any art historian or museum director is perfectly aware of how difficult it could be to get loans from private collections such as those of the Queen of England or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/02\/to-buy-a-piece-of-art-you-need-time-an-interview-with-prince-hans-adam-ii-of-liechtenstein\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prince of Liechtenstein<\/a>, and to persuade art institutions like the Uffizi, Palazzo Barberini, the Narodni Galerie, or the Staedel Museum to deprive their rooms of unique art masterpieces such those currently exhibited at the Mus\u00e9e Jacquemart Andr\u00e9 in Paris under the title <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFlorence, Portrait at the Medicis Court\u201d<\/a> (until 25th January).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The intense lady painted by Andrea del Sarto between 1529 and 1530; the young men with a dog by Salviati (1545-1548); or the double portrait by Pontormo (1522-1523), just to name a few. It took indeed three years and a high degree of diplomatic skills to have all these paintings together in the same building. \u201cThe Jacquemart Andr\u00e8 got in touch with me after my show dedicated to Bronzino \u2013 said to Cfa Carlo Falciani curator of the show \u2013 asking for a remake of the exhibition. But that would have been impossible so I proposed them something that has never been done before: a show focused on portraits by Florentine painters at the time of the Medicis\u201d. The path Falciani decided to follow was very narrow, as the second room of the show, the most difficult one to handle according to the curator himself, clearly proves. \u201cThe story I want to tell trough the paintings is that of Florence\u201d continues Falciani, who in this pivotal room has been able to gather all the few high quality portraits of a Medici in arms, including that of Alessandro de&#8217; Medici by Vasari (Uffizi), of Stefano Colonna by Bronzino (Palazzo Barberini, Rome), and of Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere by Salviati (Galleria Palatina, Florence).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are exactly the kind of pieces making people travelling from all over the world to see them in flesh. Or the same pieces for which a sovereign states, or that wealthy 0,01 percent of the population with no limit of budget (Stieglitz), would spend a fortune to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But even a fortune would not be enough, since works of art of this kind are generally not on the market. The Italian Constitution still prevents museums to sell them (and lucky private owners of works of this kind to take them out of Italy), while with regards to those in the hands of monarchs there are even less chances they will be alienated since old monarchies who have survived the Second World War seems today in a quite good shape. And that is the main goal of this show: it makes you realize that the same great economical, political and intellectual power these works of art mirrored half of a millennium ago is today perfectly represented by the simple fact of owning these pieces. Thanks to their inaccessibility &#8211; and not just for their extraordinary artistic quality&#8217;s sake &#8211; these objects are still the evidence of the inner structure on which European society is based.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, while visiting the show, and maybe trying to read the body language talked by the characters&#8217; hands, eyes, legs and postures, the visitor should bear in mind the Medicis were all contemporary art collectors, supporting living artists to pursue their political aims. \u201cThat approach to culture is comparable to how America did with abstract painting after the Second World War, or with movies during the Hollywood golden age or, nowadays, with Google and Facebook\u201d asserts Falciani &#8211; who as an art historian specialized in Renaissance Italian art proves to be aware of the present time by confessing that a screen broadcasting images of contemporary artworks inspired by Florentine portraits was in the original project of the show. He also points out that only at the dawn of their splendour, thus at the end of the XVI century, the Medicis started to collect the old masters of their time, as Raphael or Leonardo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, those art collections, private or public, that nowadays have the privilege to preserve these pieces are generally not affected by these artwork&#8217;s original meaning, and most of the time are also using very different tools to pursue the same goals the powerful Medicis were seeking at their time. These paintings are not just gesture transponders proving the talent of the artist anymore, nor the \u201cmagnificence\u201d of the patrons, nor the propaganda devices promoting that specific order of the world Lorenzo or Cosimo de&#8217; Medici would have liked to establish. These functions are lost. But to a sensitive mind of our time these relatively small circle of Florentine people and their courtiers will immediately give something else: the real dimension of capitals that owns them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any art historian or museum director is perfectly aware of how difficult it could be to get loans from private collections such as those of the Queen of England or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1796],"tags":[349,2030,2029,597,845],"class_list":["post-11571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapping-the-artscape","tag-andrea-del-sarto","tag-bronzino","tag-francesco-salviati","tag-giorgio-vasari","tag-pontormo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}