Fall semester has officially begun. I am taking a few Art History courses, a few Italian courses, an Opera course, and a Museum Studies course. I have been really looking forward to the Museum Studies course because it is taught by one of only four curators working for the Uffizi Gallery here in Florence. The class is designed to teach us the inner workings of a museum and what is involved in setting up exhibitions, trading art, restoring art, and displaying art. This class is particularly perfect for me because I am planning on getting my Masters Degree in Exhibition Design so I can eventually do curitorial work.
Our first class at the Uffizi was on Monday and it was a real treat.
The Uffizi was closed to the public on Monday, but our class was given full access. We got to go into private storage rooms, we walked through secret passages, watched restorations of works, and the witnessed the development of a new exhibition. Not to mention, we got to see amazing masterpieces by Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Filipo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaelo, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Dürer, Rembrandt, Rubens, Botticelli, DaVinci, Duccio, and Massaccio. (Just to name a few) There were no lines, no crowds, and no security officers. It is truly a treat.
Taking pictures of this is strictly forbidden, given nobody is really supposed to see how a gallery works. Thankfully, Emily has a knack for stealth and was able to snap a few anyways...such a criminal.
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