Quiet, Invention and restlessness. The 17th century in Florence around Giovanni da San Giovanni.

Quiet, Invention and restlessness. The 17th century in Florence around Giovanni da San Giovanni: this is the title given to the art exhibition in San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo), at the Museum of Basilica Santa Maria delle Grazie from 5th March to 12th June 2011, included in the project ''Il Seicento in Valdarno''. The exhibition, organized by Mara Visona' and Silvia Benassai, develops around the painter Giovanni Mannozzi called Giovanni da San Giovanni one of the most original 17th century Florentine artists, an extravagant man (as he was described by the biographer Baldinucci) curious and smart, his works are here presented side by side with his Maestro's ones, i.e. Matteo Rosselli, and works by Baldassarre Franceschini called il Volterrano.

Near these paintings you'll also find works by Vincenzo Mannozzi and Felice Ficherelli. The paintings belong to the Museum of the Basilica as to many other important museums and private collections in Florence, like the ones in Palazzo Pitti and the Museum Bardini. Our exhibition is included in a cultural program aimed to highlight some 17th itineraries along the valley Valdarno, with more than 100 works by important local artists to discover in different museums and churches.

Two shows are included in this program: a first one dedicated to the 17th century painter Giovanni Martinelli, in Montevarchi (Arezzo) from 19th March to 19th June, and the second one dedicated to the family Concini in Terranuova Bracciolini (Arezzo), from 2nd April to 19th June.