"Treasures of the Medici in an exhibition in Paris

Without the Medici, collectors and patrons of the arts, the history of Western art would have been quite different. Incontestability this statement proves the exhibition "Treasures of the Medici, which takes place in a Paris museum Mayol - The Foundation of Dina Verny (Musee Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny). The exhibition features 150 works of art collected by the famous Florentine family from the XV to XVIII Century, writes L% 27 agora des arts. Going from room to room, visitors perceive the internal aesthetics of the Medici, their taste, backed by a vast fortune, which allowed them to influence the creation of a large number of masterpieces of art and architecture and to support the most advanced areas of the era in art and science. It is adjacent to the Botticelli and Cellini, Bronzino, and Raphael - from Michelangelo and Rubens. Works of ancient art, jewelry, porcelain, furniture, musical instruments, bronzes compete with each other in splendor. The exhibition, jointly prepared by France and Italy, will be open until January 31. Entrance fee - 11 euros. Maillol Museum is located at: ul Grenelle, 61.