Uffizi

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/uffizi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Piazzale degli Uffizi 6, 50122 Florence, Italy
2. What is the construction start date?1560
3. What is the Uffizi Gallery in Florence?The Uffizi Gallery is a famous art museum in Italy that started as offices for the Florentine government. Today it shows many beautiful paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance period.
4. Who built the Uffizi building and when?It was built for Cosimo I de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Construction began in 1560 and was led by architect Giorgio Vasari.

Patronage: Financial support given by wealthy individuals or families to artists and their work.
Humanism: An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements, central to the Renaissance.
Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in a work of art and the interpretation of their meaning.