| Women in Power - Caterina and Maria de' Medici |
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 History and life of two Italian queens of FranceFrom: 24 Oct 2008 To: 8 Feb 2009 Where: Palazzo Strozzi Cost: €10; concessions €7.50-€8.50 Opening Hours: 9am-8pm (until 11pm Thu) Held at Florence's Palazzo Strozzi, Women in Power
- Caterina and Maria de' Medici is an art exhibition revealing how the
two queens used powerful images to legitimise their claims to rule over
warring families after their husbands' deaths. Along with a jewellery
collection, paintings and other objects, the Women In Power exhibition
features 15 monumental tapestries depicting the Story of Artemisia,
the epic poem dedicated to Caterina de' Medici (1519-89) in the 1560s
and completed in the early 17th century by Maria de' Medici
(1573-1642). Events that accompany Women in Power - Caterina and Maria de' Medici include two discovery trails for children, one in verse and the other a play in which families can act out the scenes in the tapestries, music concerts and poetry readings. |