Best Fine Art in Genoa"

"Best Fine Art in Genoa"

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Museo Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti "16th-19th Century Paintings"

This museum is situated on the first floor of the building which hosts the Academy of the same name, built in 1751 by a group of nobles, scholars, and artists. The museum exhibits various paintings and drawings by great 16th-19th century painters, including Perin del Vaga, L. Cambiaso, B. by br1dotcom Strozzi, D. Fiasella, and il Grecchetto. The paintings are not on permanent display, due to lack of space they are exhibited in turn. There is also an interesting plaster casts gallery. Conferences and temporary exhibitions also take place here.

+39 010 56 0131 www.accademialigustica.it info@accademialinguistica. Largo Alessandro Pertini 4, / it Genoa

Museo Diocesano "Genoa's History"

The Museo Diocesano provides a deep insight into Genoa's past because of the records that the church has kept over the centuries. Archaeological remains have been carefully preserved and showcased, along with elaborate clergy vestments and oil paintings. The textile collection is especially awe-inspiring and contains several pieces from over the ages. A by By amira_a visit here is well worth your time.

+39 010 254 1250 www.diocesi.genova.it/mu museodiocesanodiocesi@g Via Tomaso Reggio 20r, seodiocesano/ enova.it Genoa

Sant'Agostino, Genoa "Augustinian Church in Genoa"

The Museo di Sant'Agostino is actually located in a 13th-century Augustinian monastery which includes the Sant'Agostino Church. The museum houses precious works of art like sculptures, Ligurian frescoes and other ancient artifacts dating from the 10th to the 18th Century. Notable pieces of architecture like the ogival portal with, in the lunette, a by fabrizio.binello fresco showcasing St Augustine by Giovanni Battista. The two cloisters of the ancient church is included in the museum. A visit to this medieval wonder is highly recommended as it promises to be both, entertaining as well as educative.

+39 010 251 1263 www.visitgenoa.it/en/mus museosagostino@comune. Piazza Sarzano 35, Genoa eo-di- genova.it sant%E2%80%99agostino

by Andrzej Otrębski Palazzo Doria Tursi (Municipio) "Colombus and Paganini in Town"

Located midway along the Via Garibaldi, this building outdoes all the other palazzi on the Strada Nuova in terms of its monumentality and size, occupying a space three times as large as all the rest. It is a great example of a Renaissance Genovese palazzo, designed by G. and D. Ponzello in the mid 16th century for Niccolò Grimaldi, known as the "Monarca" on account of his immense fortune. After Grimaldi's financial ruin, the palazzo was acquired by Giovanni Andrea Doria, the Duke of Tursi, and nephew to the great Admiral. The interesting facade, with stonework by Finale and grotesques by T. Carlone, the impressive entrance stairway, the galleried hall, the two side hanging gardens have all made this a wonderful location for the Genovese town council. Inside, in the Syndicate Office, there are several letters signed by Colombus: the "Codice dei privilegi" conceded to the explorer by Spanish royal command, and an urn containing some of his ashes, found in Santo Domingo in 1887. In addition, there is the famous Paganini violin, a Guarnieri del Gesù from 1742, which is played once a year by the winner of the competition for young violinists, the "Premio Paganini", which takes place in October along with the celebrations for Colombus.

+39 010 557 111 Via Garibaldi 9, Genoa

Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola "Paintings In A Stately Home"

The Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola house was given to the state in 1958 by the last of the Spinola line, on the understanding that it would be used as a National gallery. The palazzo is a wonderful stately home, comparable with the impressive Galleria Nazionale in the Royal Palace. by dailyinvention The rooms are rich with frescoes by artists like L. Tavarone, L. De Ferrari and S. Galeotti. They have preserved their atmosphere as the residence of a patrician. This place houses many Italian works of art in its collection including works by Grechetto, A. da Messina, G. Reni, G.C. Procaccini, il Tintoretto, B. Strozzi, L. Cambiaso, D. Fiasella and D. Piola.

+39 010 270 5300 www.palazzospinola.benic [email protected] Piazza Pellicceria 1, Genoa ulturali.it/

Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art "Japanese Art"

The building which houses this museum was built specifically by the architect Mario Labò in 1971. It stands in a splendid panoramic position inside the Parco di Villetta di Negro. This is the most important Italian collection of its kind, and it includes almost 15,000 items. The collection by Denis Defreyne was put together by the engraver and patron Edoardo Chiossone during his 23 years in Japan. With an unusual amount of attention for that period, he began to study and eventually collected many works of art, accumulating a huge collection of historically and artistically valuable works of art. The exhibition, which is probably visited more by Japanese tourists than the Genoese, is displayed in two large rooms dedicated to Buddhist sculpture from Eastern Asia and in five galleries linked by stairs forming a continuous path.

+39 010 54 2285 www.museidigenova.it/it/c museochiossone@comune. Piazzale Giuseppe Mazzini 1, ontent/museo-darte- genova.it Villetta Di Negro, Genoa orientale Galleria di Palazzo Bianco "Fantastic Art Gallery"

Palazzo Bianco was built in the first part of the 16th century by the Grimaldi noble family on the Strada Nuova, now called Via Garibaldi. It was then given to Brignole Sale who gave it a sumptuous appearance. Finally the building was donated to the Comune of the Duchess of Galliera. It was intended that it should become a civic museum. After post- by dailyinvention war restoration, the paintings were displayed according to their period and painting school which they came to be knows as Galleria di Palazzo Bianco. There is a significant amount of works by the Flemish and Dutch masters and some important Italian artists. The Spanish school is represented by some paintings by Murillo and Zurbaran.

+39 010 557 2193 [email protected] Via Garibaldi 11, Palazzo Bianco, Genoa a.it

Museo del Risorgimento e Istituto Mazziniano "Renaissance Artefacts"

This museum is located in Via Lomellini, in the house where Giuseppe Mazzini was born. It is part of the Istituto Mazzianico complex. The museum was set up in 1915, and is spread over three floors, in which thousands of documents and Renaissance relics are displayed in by chensiyuan chronological order. These include signatures, manifestoes, prints, paintings, uniforms, flags, and weapons which belonged to famous people. It has a specialised library which collects works from the second half of the 18th century to today, these include the first known portrait of Garibaldi and a printed edition of the national anthem with noted by Mameli.

+39 010 246 5843 web.tiscalinet.it/mazziniho museorisorgimento@comu Via Lomellini 11, Genoa use/index.htm ne.genova.it

Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce "Abstract Art"

This 18th century villa was donated to the country in 1951. It houses temporary exhibitions and the Cernuschi Ghiringhelli Collection of Foreign and Italian Abstract Art (1900-1980), as well as the Sandro Cherchi donation and some sculptures by the most important Ligurian sculptors. by Bert Kaufmann The museum was first opened in 1985, and since then it has acquired more than 2000 works of art, including works by Fontana, Licini, and Pollock. There is also a library which specializes in History of Contemporary Art with Archives and a Video Collection. The villa is in the middle of a public park with a view over the sea looking towards the Portofino promontory.

+39 010 58 0069 www.museovillacroce.it/ [email protected] Via Jacopo Ruffini 3, Genoa ova.it

Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Reale "Grand Gallery"

Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Reale is inside the 17th Century building, built by Stefano Balbi. It was then enlarged by the Durazzo family, before passing to the Savoy kingdom in 1824. It is the most important example of a stately home in Genova. This is largely due to the enormous size and by br1dotcom splendor of the building. After you have had a look at the peaceful hanging gardens created in 1739, you will come to the monumental staircase which was created to go up to the aristocratic floor. The rooms there are richly decorated with frescoes, paintings, and stuccoes. They still contain many of the original furniture and picture galleries. You can also see the Battle room, the Veronese room, the splendid Mirror room and the Throne room. You can then go onto the terrace, where there is a stupendous view of the old city and of the port up to the Lanterna.

+39 010 271 0236 www.visitgenoa.it/it/galleria- Via Balbi 10, Genoa nazionale-di-palazzo-spinola

Raccolte Frugone a Villa Fassio "Paintings Among the Roses"

Set in a splendid park with a rose garden, the eighteenth century villa Grimaldi was renovated in 1960 by the architect Daneri to accommodate the residential requirements of the Fassio family. It houses two important art collections, donated to the council by the brothers Lazzaro, G.B. and Luigi Frugone in 1935 and 1953. The Frugone collections, open to the by kevin dooley public since 1993, comprised 286 works, including sculptures, paintings and drawings by both Italian and foreign artists from the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. They are displayed on three floors. There are many portraits and landscapes, in keeping with bourgeoisie artistic taste of the time. Among the best known artists are G. Fattori, T. Signorini, G. Boldini, G. De Nittis, L. Bistolfi, G. Segantini; there are also several paintings by R. Miller. The museum also has an interesting information archive and school or family learning sessions can be arranged. There is also a crèche which may be used on request.

+39 010 322 396 Via Capolungo 9, Genoa

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