Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery occupies the first and second floors of a building constructed between 1560 and 1580 to Giorgio Vasari's design. Its collections include ancient sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Roman sculptures include copies of Greek originals that no longer survive.
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The Uffizi Gallery occupies the first and second floors of a building constructed between 1560 and 1580 to Giorgio Vasari's design. Its collections include ancient sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Roman sculptures include copies of Greek originals that no longer survive.
- Object type under review
- Italy
Editorial reading
Editorial interpretation: The relationship between the gallery building and its collections offers a way to read architecture alongside objects. Considering the sculpture and paintings separately helps keep their different historical contexts in view.
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