Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Florence and the Uffizi Gallery”. The film will premiere in Sedona on Tuesday and Sunday, Oct. 15 and 20 at the festival’s Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time.
“Florence and the Uffizi Gallery” is a journey into the Italian Renaissance through the most beautiful, representative works of art of the period. It is a totally immersive and unique experience and allows the audience to see, listen, feel and savor the most outstanding and celebrated breeding ground of creativity in the history of art.
The film follows a trail of over 10 museums and 150 artworks amongst the most well-known in the world. It is an artistic foray into Florence taking in everything from the Brancacci Chapel to the Bargello National Museum, from Palazzo Medici, to the narrow city streets and Brunelleschi’s Dome, from Palazzo Vecchio to the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery, without neglecting picture postcard places such as the Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.
Florence is the artistic home to legendary figures like Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Raphael, Leonardo and Botticelli.
The Great Art on Screen Series is generously sponsored by Goldenstein Gallery.
“Florence and the Uffizi Gallery” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre on Tuesday and Sunday, Oct. 15 and 20 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, or $13 for Film Festival members. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 928-282-1177 or online at www.SedonaFilmFestival.org. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona.