The Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia are pleased to announce the next major exhibition Corpi moderni.
For the occasion, the exhibition brings together a number of extraordinary works of art, some presented in Italy for the very first time, featuring drawings, paintings and sculptures from the most prestigious international and national museums and collections. Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Albrecht Dürer, as well as Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione are displayed alongside scientific instruments, anatomical models, books, garments, miniatures, and everyday objects.
The exhibition is divided into three major sections. The first, entitled ‘Il corpo svelato: conoscere’ (The body revealed: knowing), explores the discovery of the human body as an object of scientific and medical study, with Padua and Venice taking the lead as two centres of European importance for this research and publications.
On this occasion, Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man, one of the iconic treasures of the Gallerie dell’Accademia and a symbol of the entire world’s cultural heritage, returns to public view after six years. For the first time, the famous drawing will be displayed alongside an ancient Greek metrological relief, stimulating a reflection on the concepts of ‘measure’ and ‘ideal’, which were strongly rooted in antiquity. It will also be shown in dialogue with the ruthless realism of Dürer’s renowned nude Self-portrait from the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, exhibited for the first time in Italy.