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| The Medici Power is held by Cardinal Giulio de'Medici (son of the brother of Lorenze de'Medici). |
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| Pope Clemente VII is elected. |
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| Alessandro de'Medici is the first Duke of Firenze. |
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| Caterina de'Medici (grand-daughter of Lorenzo) marries Henry Duke of Orleans, later King of France. |
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| Important!-> 1537 <-Important! |
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| Alessandro is killed. Cosimo I becomes Duke. |
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| Cosimo I marries Eleonora di Toledo. |
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| Cosimo I becomes Grand Duke of Tuscany. |
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| Cosimo and Eleonora move from Palazzo Medici to Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio). |
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| Life of Giorgio Vasari, architect, painter, and writer who restored Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio) for the Medici. |
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| "The Lives of the Artists" |
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| Book by Giorgio Vasari written and published in 1550 and 1568. |
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| Eleonora buys Palazzo Piti from the Piti family. |
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| Built by Luca Fancelli between 1457-1461. |
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| Important-> 1559 <-Important! |
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| The Uffizi are commissioned by Cosimo I de'Medici. It's first use was for the Magistrate's and governmental offices. |
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| Cosimo asks Vasari to design the "Vasari Corridor" to connect the Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio) and Piti palace through the Uffizi. |
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| Francesco I de'Medici's Studiolo is completed in Palazzo della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio). |
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| A private room where the collector could keep the most precious objects displayed in cabinets, drawers, and on shelves. This was a secluded place in which the collector could sit and write, admire his masterpieces, and create his own works (Francesco was an alchemist). |
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| Life of Francesco I de'Medici |
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| Death of both Cosimo I and Vasari. |
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| Life of Bernardo Buontalenti |
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| Construction of the Tribuna |
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| Construction of the Teatro |
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| Top "U" shaped floor of the Uffizi |
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| Used by the Medici family as a gallery to show their treasures to the important visitors who came to visit. |
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| Built in the space that today corresponds to the Drawing Collection and the Botticelli Room. The Medici invited artists from all over the world to perform in this theatre. |
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| Inventory of the Tribuna written. |
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| Designed to symbolize the union of man (art) and the universe (the 4 elements). Conceived by Francesco I, and designed by Buontalenti. |
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| Montaigne and Galileo Galilei visit the Tribuna, whom the Grand Duke intended to be open to visitors. |
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| 1589-1743; Decorative and theatrical arrangement of different media objects mixed together like in a Wunderkammer. |
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| Room of Wonders; Arrangement of objects and art pieces mixed together, where natural and artificial things came together in a mixed display. |
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| 1737: Patto di Famiglia by Anna Maria Luisa de'Medici |
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| A document that prevents future rulers from removing the Medici collections from Florence. |
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| 1771-1772; Systematic display of objects with an educational aim. Rooms were organized by categories and schools of artists. |
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| The "Naturalia" collection of the Uffizi is moved to the Museo della Specola. |
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| 1800 and after1956: Chronological display that followed the history of the painting. |
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| Uffizi: Display of Sala dei Primitivi |
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| Old Masters Room: Michelucci, Gardella, and Scarpa). |
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| Many works are recovered from the art that was stolen during Nazism. |
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| 1998-2014; A new wing of the Uffizi is being built, led by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, featuring a new entrance/exit area, new display of the Tribuna, and a new first floor. |
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