Modern Bodies. The construction of the body in Renaissance Venice., Exhibition Galleries of the Academy of Venice, Venice

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Modern Bodies. The construction of the body in Renaissance Venice.:

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione

From 4 April to 27 July 2025

Galleries of the Academy of Venice

Campo della Carita, 1050, Venice

Open now from 08:15 to 19:15

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The Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice are pleased to announce the upcoming major exhibition Modern Bodies. The construction of the body in Renaissance Venice. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione, visitable from April 4 to July 27, 2025. Curated by Guido Beltramini, Francesca Borgo, and Giulio Manieri Elia, the exhibition offers a fascinating investigation into the conception of the human body that emerged in Renaissance Venice between art, science, and material culture. Modern Bodies explores, more precisely, the way in which, for the first time, the body was conceived as a field of scientific inquiry, an object of desire, and a means of self-expression. The Renaissance marks a turning point in which the body is no longer just a biological reality, but a cultural construction, an element shaped by science, art, and social conventions. The exhibition gathers extraordinary works of art, some of which are presented in Italy for the first time, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures from the most prestigious international and national museums and collections with masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci - including the famous Vitruvian Man, Michelangelo, Albrecht Dürer, as well as Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione, alongside scientific instruments, anatomical models, books, clothing, miniatures, and everyday objects. The exhibition is divided into three main chapters. The first, entitled The unveiled body: knowing, delves into the discovery of the human body as an object of scientific and medical study, which finds in Padua and Venice two European centers of research and publishing. On this occasion, Leonardo's Vitruvian Man returns to be visible to the public, after six years, among the icons of the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the entire world cultural heritage. The famous drawing will be juxtaposed for the first time, on one hand, with an ancient Greek metrological relief, triggering a reflection on the concepts of "measure" and "ideal", which have ancient origins; and, on the other hand, it will be placed in dialogue with the ruthless realism of Dürer's renowned Nude Self-Portrait, coming from the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and exhibited for the first time in Italy.

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Modern Bodies. The construction of the body in Renaissance Venice.:

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione

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