Springtime of the Renaissance

The Springtime of the Renaissance. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400-1460

Palazzo Strozzi, 23 March-18 August 2013
Musée du Louvre, 23 September 2013-6 January 2014

Organised by: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and Musée du Louvre
Curated by: Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi, Marc Bormand

The exhibition proposes to illustrate in theme-based sections the origin of what is still known today as the \"miracle\" of the Renaissance in Florence, doing so principally through masterpieces of sculpture, the branch of figurative art in which that new season first saw the light.

Section 1: The Legacy of the Fathers, the rediscovery of the ancient world 

Section 2: Florence 1401. The Dawn of the Renaissance

Section 3: Civic and Christian Romanitas

Section 4: \'Spirits\' Both Sacred and Profane

Section 5: The Rebirth of the Condottieri

Section 6: Sculpture in Paint

Section 7: History “in Perspective”

Section 8: The Spread of Beauty

Section 9: Beauty and Charity. Beauty and Charity. Hospital, Orphanages and Confraternities

Section 10: From City to Palace. The New Patrons of the Arts