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These are some of the most important 2013 art exhibitions.

The Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and the arts in Florence 1400-1460
Palazzo Strozzi (Florence), March 23th – August 18th 2013

The exhibition proposes to illustrate, in theme-based sections, the origin of what is still known today as the "miracle" of the Renaissance in Florence, doing so principally through masterpieces of sculpture, the branch of figurative art in which that new season first saw the light of day.

The first section is devoted to the rediscovery of the ancient world during the "rebirth" that occurred between the 13th and 14th centuries – from Nicola Pisano to Arnolfo di Cambio and their successors – and following assimilating the expressive richness of the Gothic style.

Dal Giglio al David. Arte civica a Firenze fra Medioevo e Rinascimento
Galleria dell'Accademia , May 14th – December 8th, 2013

Adopting a totally new approach to a fascinating topic, Civic Art in Florence from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance focuses on works of art originally commissioned to decorate the public buildings of Florence which housed the magistracies tasked with running the city, the halls of the various Arti, or guilds, and the city gates and walls.

Paths of wonder. Restorations at the Bargello
Bargello National Museum, March 23rd - August 18th, 2013 

For the year 2013 the Bargello National Museum has organised a show focusing on some of the most important recently-completed restorations of works from the collections, made possible by the generous collaboration with the Bargello of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and “Friends of Florence 

Luxury and Elegance
French porcelain at court and the Ginori manufactory (1800-1830)

The “Museo degli Argenti” (The Medici Treasury)
1. To mark the 40th anniversary of the inauguration of the Museo delle Porcellane in Palazzo Pitti, the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della città di Firenze and the Associazione Amici di Doccia have organised an exhibition designed to highlight both the important collection in the Palazzo Pitti museum and the Doccia Manufactory's output during the Napoleonic occupation and the restoration of the House of Lorraine (1800-1830).
2. The exhibition comprises some one hundred and twenty works, mostly from the collections in Palazzo Pitti and from the Doccia Manufactory's Museo Richard-Ginori, but also from the leading Italian and French museums devoted to the art of porcelain and from several private collections.
 

Amid Medici Splendour: Pope Leo X and Florence
Museo delle Cappelle Medicee (Florence), March 25th – October 6th 2013

The Museo delle Cappelle Medicee is planning to celebrate the figure of Pope Leo X, the first Medici pope, five hundred years after his election to the Holy See.
Taking a Florentine's eye view, the exhibition tracks the life of Giovanni, Lorenzo the Magnificent's second son, from his birth in Florence in 1475 up to 9 March 1513 when he was elected to the papacy, and to his brief return home in 1515.