Small Group Guided Tour of the Accademia Gallery - ENGLISH

During your vacation in Florence, don’t miss the chance to learn about one of the most famous and eclectic artists in the world: Michelangelo. The guide will reveal the secrets of the ACCADEMIA GALLERY, as well as a comprehensive insight into one of the world's most renowned sculptors, Michelangelo, through his greatest works of art such as the original statue of David, the Prisoners, or St. Matthew. The museum was built in 1784 and was conceived as a sanctuary dedicated to preserving Florence's symbol, the David. This guided tour will be a discovery for anyone interested in Michelangelo: your PROFESSIONAL GUIDE will unveil some interesting facts about the troubled life of the Tuscan artist, who was not only a sculptor but also a renowned painter, architect, and great poet. However, his genius was matched by his great restlessness: his entire life was marked by the ongoing struggle between form and content, between his religious devotion and his personal and hidden desires. This internal conflict is perfectly exemplified by the use of his artistic technique, known in Italian as NON FINITO, where an apparently incomplete sculpture seems to literally emerge from the block of marble, as if it had always been there. A true struggle between form and content made real. At the end of the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to stay in the museum as long as you wish.