Statues Inside Paintings

As we all know, Florence is absolutely loaded with history. Whether it's scripture, sculptural, painterly, or even architecture; Florence has everything. Each gallery we explored contained different artists, peculiar artifacts (like fingers and bones in tiny jars), as well as a diverse time scape of artworks.

My favorite gallery was the Uffizi. It began as offices to accommodate the magistrates in 1560. Not until the sixteenth century after the Medici reign was it opened as a museum but by request only. In 1765 it was finally opened to the public.

There was one room that felt especially unique and particular to me. It was a room filled with marble statues that all had the most interesting hand and arm gestures. Not only this but they were displayed in front of the most vast and stunning paintings I have ever seen. Below are images I captured of the two blending together as one piece of art.