Sorrento from Saturday 26 June to Sunday 24 October 2010

A journey through Renaissance to retrace the extraordinary life of Leonardo da Vinci. In absolute exclusive, Líautoritratto lucano, a self-portrait of the grand maestro and the reproductions of various machines designed by Da Vinci.

Plus, on display are works by Donatello, Raffaello, Tintoretto, some works by Giovanni Della Robbia, coming from the Museo Bellini in Florence, among which two sculptures of Dante and Petrarca and other masterpieces of the masters of the Italian mannerist school, big hangings and the puppets of Florentine tradition. The exhibition wants to investigate the theme of a genius through its many forms, in a century-old journey, along the historical and artistic stages of painting and mannerist sculpture. A mix of fantasies, false interpretations and mysteries characterizes this original itinerary where art is science

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Is one of the most well-known international tourist sights. Sorrento, birthplace of the poet Torquato Tasso, retreat for such artists and writers as Caruso and Wagner, who found inspiration in this spendid area; Sorrento is immersed in a landscape unique in the world, where low and high hills, deep valleys and majestic mountains alternate, where the Manís work – who levelled even the most impervious areas, transforming them in the famous terraces degrading towards the sea, on which he cultivated orange and lemon trees, olive groves and vineyards – has been grandiose.
Sorrento is indeed a very pretty little city where kindness and hospitality are a combination that is handed down from one generation to the next. Sorrento, is indeed the land of colours: brilliant or delicate hues depending on the change of the seasons.
Today Sorrento is a modern city with over one hundred luxury hotels; it is the home of a prestigious and rich Museum (Correale of Terranova), that contains important testimonies of both the history of the city. Sorrento hosts important events in the fields of culture (International Prize Award “City of Sorrento” for science), music (Sorrentine Summer Musical Festival), cinema (International Film Festival), as well as the ideal starting point for visiting to all the tourist delightful sights of the area (Capri, Ischia, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello) and so…

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