AGNOLO DI COSIMO, KNOWN AS BRONZINO (1503-1572), WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN PAINTING. COURT ARTIST TO COSIMO I DE' MEDICI, HIS WORK EMBODIED THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE MANNERISM STYLE. 'BRONZINO, ARTIST AND POET AT THE COURT OF THE MEDICI', ON VIEW AT THE PALAZZO STROZZU IN FLORENCE FROM 24.SEPTEMBER THROUGH TO 23.JANUARY, WILL BE THE VERY FIRST EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO HIS PAINTED WORK. BRONZONI CONVEYED THE ELEGANCE OF THE MEDICI COURT IN HIS WORK WITH THE 'NATURALNESS' AND, AT THE SAME TIME, AUSTERE BEAUTY. FLORENCE IS THE PERFECT SETTING FOR THE MONOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ON BRONZONI. THE SON OF A BUTCHER, NOT ONLY WAS HE BORN AND DIED HERE, THE CITY HOUSES SOME OF HIS GREATEST MASTERPIECES, PARTICULARLY IN THE UFFIZI BUT ALSO IN OTHER MUSEUMS AND CHURCHES. THE LANDMARK EXHIBITION, WITH LOANS FROM THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS, PRESENTS 63 WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO BRONZONI, AND 10 TO BRONZONI AND HIS WORKSHOP, ALONG WITH OTHERS BY HIS MASTER PONTORMO, WITH WHOM HE HAD CLOSE TIES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. BRONZONI'S PAINTINGS, WITH THEIR SCULPTURAL DEFINITION, WILL BE SHOWN ALONGSIDE SCULPTURES BY SUCH 16th CENTURY MASTERS AS BENVENUTO CELLINI, TRIBOLO, BACCIO BANDENELLI AND PIERINO DA VINCI, WHO WERE FRIENDS AND WITH WHOM HE EXCHANGED SONNETS. THE EXHIBITION CONCLUDES WITH A NUMBER OF WORKS BY ALESSANDRO ALLORI, HIS FAVORITE PUPIL.
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