A current Guided Tour at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., explores Italian art of the 12th through 16th centuries.
Guided Tour: Italian Renaissance Collection
If you plan to travel to Washington, D.C., this weekend, make time to tour the Italian Renaissance collection at the National Gallery of Art.
This coincides beautifully with the Folklife Festival taking place this weekend at the National Mall.
Explore the period of the 1300-1500s in Italy, from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance and its rebirth of interest in classical ideals and the significance of the individual by attending this exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
The Guided Tour focuses on Western culture and ideals as expressed in the artwork of several Italian masters such as Duccio, Leonardo, Verrocchio, Botticelli, Giorgione, Bellini, Raphael, and Titian.
The tour is free and open to the public and happens this Saturday, July 7, and Sunday, July 8, at 1:30 p.m. Meet in the West Building rotunda. After coming in through the entrance, be sure to pick up a museum map or get help finding your way at an information desk.
