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This trip focuses on the work of Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964. Of all the books in the library, the catalogue of the Morandi Museum is one of the most looked at. This is because he is the one artist we can see in Italy that ties together direct experience from nature with the history of art from a thoroughly modern perspective. He drew incessantly, and studied the great masters from Giotto to Piero della Francesca and on to Chardin, Corot and Cezanne. He is one of the great masters of the 20th century.
More museum information for Bologna
Collezioni Comunali d'Arte - Palazzo d'Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, 6. Tel. 051 203629. 9-15 closed Mon, Sat-Sun, holidays 10-18.30. Artemesia Gentileschi, Caracci, Francia, Crespi. Free
Le Due Torre: degli Asinelli and Garisenda - Piazza di Porta Ravegnana. Two leaning towers (1109), highest of all medieval towers, 97.2 m, 498 steps up, 9-17. € 3
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna The Historical Collections span a period from late 18th century and ends in 1945. Also shows contemporary artists.
Museo Morandi - Palazzo d'Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, 6. Tel. 051 203332. Tues-Fri 9-15, Sat-Sun 10-18.30. Hundreds of paintings, drawings and etchings, displayed chronologically, and a fascinating reconstruction of Morandi's studio. Free
Museo Civico Archeologico - Via dell'Archiginnasio, 2. Tel. 051 233849. Tues-Fri: 9-15, Sat-Sun 10-18.30. Important Egyptian, Greek and Etruscan collection. Free
Museo Civico Medievale - Via Manzoni, 4. Tues-Sat: 9-18.30, Sun 10-18.30. Tel. 051 228912. Ground floor, Jewish tombstones from 16C; lower ground floor: bas-relief of Madonna and Child with Saints and terracotta Madonna by della Quercia; 1st floor, Giambologna, Caracci. Free
Pinacoteca Nazionale - Via Belle Arti, 56. Tues-Sun 9-19. Tel. 051 4209411. Housed in the Accademia di Belle Arti. Giotto, Monaco, Raphael, Parmigianino, Caracci, Reni, Francia. € 4
San Giacomo Maggiore - Romanesque church begun in 1267, restored in 1915. Capella Bentivoglio: altarpiece by Francesco Francia (1488), Tomb of Bentivoglio by Jacopo della Quercia (1435); oratory of Santa Cecilia (enter from No. 15 under side portico of church), frecoes by Francesco Francia.
San Domenico - Piazza San Domenico.10-12, 15.30-17.30. Arca di San Domenico, in the sixth chapel off the right nave by Nicola Pisano, later decorated with reliefs by Arnolfo di Cambio, Niccolo' da Bari, and Michelangelo; Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Filippo Lippi, paintings by Caracci, Guercino, Reni.
San Petronio - Piazza Maggiore. Great Gothic structure, founded in 1390, completed in mid-17C. Central portal of Jacopo della Quercia. North aisle, sixth chapel, sculpture by Giacomo Manzù.
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