Reckoning with the Renaissance at Florence's Accademia Gallery

This part of the museum is named after the ancient plaster casts that are housed here. The first thing to see here are the works of Domenico Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi, Paolo Uccello, Perugino, and Botticelli, which you will find on the wall of the entrance itself.

Michelangelo's four unfinished male nude sculptures, Prisoners *or *Slaves is the focal point in this room. These sculptures are considered to be some of Michelangelo's most expressive works, as they depict human figures struggling to break free from the stone.

An integral part of the Accademia Gallery in Florence since 1784, the Gipsoteca Bartolini was created for the students of the Fine Arts Academy. Lorenzo Bartolini, one of the leading professors at the academy, contributed a significant portion of his artwork for the hall.

The Accademia Gallery's ground floor concludes with three rooms dedicated to the Giottesque painters and Orcagna and his siblings. This hall offers visitors the chance to witness the evolution of Florentine art from the pre-Renaissance era to the early 14th century.

The Museum of Musical Instruments has over fifty musical instruments that were once an indispensable part of the Medicean court. This collection includes string and wind instruments, harpsichords, and early forms of the piano like the ‘pianoforte’. a 16th-century spinet, and a rare viola da gamba.

Located on the first floor of the Accademia Gallery in Florence, the hall features a collection of late 14th-century art, focusing on the local religious and spiritual practices during that time. The altarpieces in the hall are particularly noteworthy for their intricate Gothic architecture.