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Dr Paula Nuttall
Dr Paula Nuttall is an authority on Italian and Netherlandish Renaissance Art and
director of the V&A’s Mediaeval and Renaissance year course. Paula is the author of
Flanders to Florence and Face to Face: Florence and Renaissance Painting.
Renaissance Florence
Art and history in the time of the Medici
24 November 2021, 6 days from £2185
Florence has been hailed as the ‘cradle of the Renaissance’ - birthplace of a re-awakening of a
Weltanschauung with man at the centre of the cosmos. In this ‘citta’ a misura d’uomo - a city made to
human measure - Greek and Roman Antiquity were discovered during the 14th & 15th centuries.
Tour highlights
• Visit Michelangelo’s magnificent Medici Chapels and the New Sacristy
• Study Ghiberti’s gilt bronze panels from the Baptistery Doors, Donatello’s haunting Penitent
Magdalene and Michelangelo’s unfinished Pieta at the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
• Visit Palazzo Medici and witness its enchanting frescoed chapel
• Stay at the five-star Hotel Regency in Florence
Last Supper of Ghirlandaio
Sassetti Chapel
Santa Croce Sacristy
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