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Florence (Italy), Dec 6 (EFE-EPA) .- Florence recovered one of its most precious jewels, the southern door of the cathedral baptistery, forged in gold and bronze 7 centuries ago by Andrea Pisano, which already looks restored.(CAMERA: Jorge Ortiz) FOOTAGE OF THE MUSEUM.STATEMENTS BY MARCO CIATTI, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF HARD STONES OF FLORENCE.Translation: "This is the first of the three large bronze doors that decorate the baptistery of San Juan de Florencia. It was the first one made in chronological order and was a technological prodigy for those years because of its combination of bronze achieved with the technology of the time. Which would still be difficult today." Translation 2: "The importance of the door is that no one in Europe at that time was able to perform a job of this kind given with that and quality." STATEMENTS FROM TIMOTHY VERDON, DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM.Translation: "The most modern of the doors was completed in 1452, the year of Leonardo Da Vinci's birth. The style of these ran through the entire Renaissance, from its dawn in the days of Giotto to its fullness. For this reason, Art History students can appreciate the entire Renaissance in a single wall of the Duomo museum."
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at an event held at the New Orleans Museum of Art, ahead of delivering a speech. Macron is in New Orleans, a city emblematic of historic Franco-American ties, to promote the French language and conclude his three-day state visit to the United States. IMAGES
Barcelona, Oct 15 (EFE) .- The MOCO Museum has opened in Barcelona with works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Keith Haring and Banksy, among others, from the private collection of Lionel and Kim Logchies.The museum, which is also in Amsterdam, has been located in a historic palace on Montcada street in Barcelona.SHOT LIST: THE EXHIBITION AND EXTERIOR OF THE MUSEUM.SOUND BITES: KIM LOGCHIES (IN ENGLISH)
Madrid, Oct 4 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Redondo) "Bringing the Spanish public an unknown story about Ibero-American art." The exhibition “Tornaviaje. Ibero-American Art in Spain ”, which arrives at the Prado Museum to present the links and exchanges of artistic works between Spain and Latin America after the conquest of the new continent through more than a hundred works.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.
Vienna (Austria), Oct 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: Alejandro Giménez) The woman in Titian's painting is a symbol of sacred and profane love, eroticism and also the purest ideal of beauty. This representation, which has had an enormous influence on European art, is analyzed in Vienna in a large exhibition dedicated to the Venetian master.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION IN VIENNA