Montefeltro and the Islamic East between 1430 and 1550, the exhibition in Urbino

The Ducal Palace in Urbino is the venue, from June 23 to September 30, 2018, for the exhibition Montefeltro and the Islamic East, 1430-1550. The Ducal Palace between West and East, which aims to reveal the relationships between the Feltresque court and the Islamic East, all with objects, works, textiles and furnishings from the Renaissance period that relate to the East. In those days, the Ducal Palace in Urbino, now the home of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, was a place where refined oriental carpets and objects of Islamic production arrived: the exhibition offers a selection of such objects, respectful of their places of production and chronology, which will be relocated to what might have been their ideal location.

The exhibition, commissioned by Peter Aufreiter, director of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, and Alessandro Bruschettini of the Foundation for Islamic and Asian Art, shows the public a group of carpets from Egypt, the Mediterranean East, Turkey and Persia, as well as tapestries (including a specimen that was part of the Trojan War Cycle, now preserved in Spain and exceptionally brought back to the room where Federico da Montefeltro admired it), metal objects, ceramics, textiles and books.

The exhibition, organized in conjunction with the exhibition Islam and Florence. Art and Collecting from the Medicis to the Twentieth Century, which runs at the Uffizi from June 23 to September 23, 2018, can be visited during the opening hours of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche: Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. and Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (the ticket office closes an hour earlier). Admission: €8 full, €5 reduced; reservation fee is €1. You can also take out an annual subscription costing 19 euros, or purchase an integrated ticket that also allows you to visit the Rocca di Gradara (12 euros full, 6 euros reduced, validity five days). More information can be found at www.gallerianazionalemarche.it.

Montefeltro and the Islamic East between 1430 and 1550, the exhibition in Urbino

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