Back to Moore. Forte Belvedere 1972

It was May 20, 1972 when the great Henry Moore exhibition in Florence was inaugurated. There were many who crowded the stands of the Forte di Belvedere and the halls of the Palazzina during the summer months, braving the sun. Over 345 thousand people. A truly exorbitant number. There was Princess Margaret of England, accompanied by her husband, Lord Snowdon, there were Giovanni Leone, sixth President of the Italian Republic, Edward Heath, then British Prime Minister, and of course the artist, Henry Moore, who had followed person the preparation of his monumental sculptures on the terraces overlooking Florence. Today, fifty years after that historic event that marked the memory of Florentines and Italians in general, the images collected are on display in the Sala d’Arme of Palazzo Vecchio, thanks to all those who during the pandemic drew on their personal archives helping the Museo Novecento to give life to this exceptional exhibition. An immersive event that, through the reconstruction of a memory archive, will restore the emotions and sensations of fifty years ago to visitors. As in a film, it will be possible to retrace the habits and customs of an era through the images collected, through the behaviors, attitudes, fashion and above all the special relationship established with the sculptures that dominated the ramparts of Forte Belvedere, mirror of a Italy of good hopes and good manners.