Florence: Admire the Literary Atmosphere of Uffizi Gallery

Florence, located in central Italy, is the capital of Tuscany. From the 15th to the 16th centuries, famous throughout Europe for its fine arts, crafts and textiles, Florence was the most famous art center in Europe. Florence is the birthplace of the European Renaissance, a very famous world art capital, the birthplace of opera, and a world-famous cultural tourist attraction. There are more than 40 museums and art galleries in the city. Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Gallery are the most famous.

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Uffizi Gallery is a world-famous museum of painting art, located in Uffizi Palace in Florence, Italy. Uffizi Gallery is famous for its collection of works by representatives of the European Renaissance and other painting schools, as well as sculptures of ancient Greece and Rome. It is known as the "Treasure House of Renaissance Art".

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Affected by the pandemic, Uffizi Gallery now limits the number of visitors at the same time to no more than 450. At the same time, many art museums in Italy have begun to practice digitalization. On October 16, the digital collections of Uffizi Gallery, which originated from the "Uffizi Gallery Digital Project", approved by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage was exhibited in the Sino-Italian digital cultural heritage seminar held in Shanghai. The "Uffizi Gallery Digital Project" uses a variety of multimedia methods to restore the works of Uffizi Gallery, through virtual animations, enlarged details, and specially designed music. The interactive teaching area is equipped with a variety of interactive devices, presenting a total of 1,150 digital artworks, covering all the works in the Vasari Gallery of Uffizi Gallery, including 100 digital works in the collection that are not open to the public.

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The audience can choose two of all digital works for comparison, explore different themes through landscape, jewelry, decoration and other categories. They can also enjoy the major exhibits of the museum online through Uffizi Museum official website (Website: https://www.uffizi.it/en).