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62-397: It was the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of 2006 grossing over $ 58.6 million, although this figure only includes 41 shows in that year. The total tour grossed over $ 100 million in both years. It's her most extensive tour to date. She was the first female artist from her generation to have a tour grossing over 100 million dollars overall. The wardrobe Shakira wore on the concert

124-414: A prie-dieu , a device of Michelangelo 's), replacing the entrance bays at each end. During the years 1558–70, Ammanati created a monumental staircase to lead with more pomp to the piano nobile , and he extended the wings on the garden front that embraced a courtyard excavated into the steeply sloping hillside at the same level as the piazza in front, from which it was visible through the central arch of

186-519: A collection of gilded bronzes; the throne room was decorated for King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and is characterized by the red brocade on the walls and by the Japanese and Chinese vases (17th–18th century). The Blue Room contains collected furniture (17th–18th century) and the portraits of members of the Medici family painted by Sustermans (1597–1681). This is a suite of 14 rooms, formerly used by

248-485: A collection of mid-20th century costume jewellery . The Sala Meridiana originally sponsored a functional solar meridian instrument, built into the fresco decoration by Anton Domenico Gabbiani . This ground floor museum exhibits carriages and other conveyances used by the Grand Ducal court mainly in the late 18th and 19th century. The extent of the exhibition prompted one visitor in the 19th century to wonder, "In

310-472: A collection of small biscuit figurines . Situated in a wing known as the " Palazzina della Meridiana  [ it ] ", this gallery contains a collection of theatrical costumes dating from the 16th century until the present. It is also the only museum in Italy detailing the history of Italian fashions. One of the newer collections to the palazzo, it was founded in 1983 by Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti ;

372-416: A competition was held to design extensions to the principal urban façade by three bays at either end. Giulio Parigi won the commission; work on the north side began in 1618, and on the south side in 1631 by Alfonso Parigi . During the 18th century, two perpendicular wings were constructed by the architect Giuseppe Ruggeri to enhance and stress the widening of via Romana, which creates a piazza centered on

434-568: A judge at the Miss Universe pageant, he met contestant Eva Düringer , whom he married in 1980. Together, they had three children and Düringer became his business partner. They worked together until selling the business. They divorced in 2010. In 2023, Cavalli announced the birth of his sixth child, with his partner, Swedish model and actor Sandra Nilsson. Cavalli died at his home in Florence, Italy, on 12 April 2024, aged 83, following

496-421: A long period of ill-health. As of January 2014, Cavalli returned to the role of men's creative director from his son, Daniele Cavalli, starting with the 2014 fall collection, appointing Martyn Bal as his righthand man. Also, on 24 January 2014, Gianluca Brozzetti (CEO) and Carlo Di Biagio (COO) announced they were leaving the fashion brand. In May 2014, Cavalli approached Investcorp , an investment firm in

558-443: A museum, housing not only many of its original contents, but priceless artefacts from many other collections acquired by the state. The 140 rooms open to the public are part of an interior, which is in large part a later product than the original portion of the structure, mostly created in two phases, one in the 17th century and the other in the early 18th century. Some earlier interiors remain, and there are still later additions such as

620-808: A printing process on leather, and started creating patchworks of different materials. He debuted these techniques in Paris, immediately winning commissions from the likes of Hermès and Pierre Cardin . At age 32, he presented his first namesake collection at the Salon for Prêt-à-Porter in Paris. He brought it to the catwalks of the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and later his Milano Collezioni featured jeans made of printed denim, intarsia leathers, brocade, and wild-animal prints. In 1972, he opened his first boutique in Saint-Tropez . In 1975, he founded

682-519: A suite of five rooms at the front of the palazzo. In these five Planetary Rooms, the hierarchical sequence of the deities is based on Ptolomeic cosmology ; Venus, Apollo, Mars, Jupiter (the Medici Throne room) and Saturn, but minus Mercury and the Moon which should have come before Venus. These highly ornate ceilings with frescoes and elaborate stucco work essentially celebrate the Medici lineage and

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744-708: A suite of fourteen rooms, the Meridiana apartments, were completed in 1858. In addition to theatrical costumes, the gallery displays garments worn between the 18th century and the present day. Some of the exhibits are unique to the Palazzo Pitti; these include the 16th-century funeral clothes of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici , and his wife Eleonora of Toledo and their son Garzia , both of whom died of malaria . Their bodies would have been displayed in state wearing their finest clothes, before being reclad in plainer attire before interment . The gallery also exhibits

806-679: Is sold in more than 50 countries worldwide, Cavalli designed RC Menswear, as well as the youth-aimed diffusion line Just Cavalli, launched in 2000, today encompasses men’s and women’s wear and accessories, watches, jewelry, perfumes, eye wear, under garments, and beach attire. There is also the Angels & Devils Children Collection, the Class line, shoes and two underwear collections. In 2002, Cavalli opened his first café-store in Florence, revamping it with his signature animal prints . Soon after, in Milan,

868-706: The King of the Two Sicilies , and Archbishops and other Florentine dignitaries. Today, transformed from a royal palace to a museum, the Palazzo Pitti is owned by the Italian state. Once under the management of the Polo Museale Fiorentino, an institution which administered twenty museums, since 2015 it has been a department of the Gallerie degli Uffizi , as a separate and independent structure within

930-526: The Macchiaioli movement and other modern Italian schools of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The pictures by the Macchiaioli artists are of particular note, as this school of 19th-century Tuscan painters led by Giovanni Fattori were early pioneers and the founders of the impressionist movement. The title "gallery of modern art" to some may sound incorrect, as the art in the gallery covers

992-691: The Ministry of Culture , and has ultimate responsibility for 250,000 catalogued works of art. In spite of its metamorphosis from royal residence to a state-owned public building, the palazzo, sitting on its elevated site overlooking Florence, still retains the air and atmosphere of a private collection in a grand house. This is to a great extent due to the Amici di Palazzo Pitti (Friends of the Palazzo Pitti), an organisation of volunteers and patrons founded in 1996, which raises funds and makes suggestions for

1054-636: The Persian Gulf , as a potential buyer of a stake in his fashion brand. Many leading models have worked for the brand: Jessica Stam , Eva Riccobono , Laetitia Casta , Natasha Poly , Mariacarla Boscono , Karen Elson , Karolina Kurkova , and Ivan Olita among others. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017. In 2019, DAMAC Properties 's Hussain Sajwani completed

1116-686: The Ponte Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. This enabled the Grand Duke and his family to move easily and safely from their official residence to the Palazzo Pitti. Initially the Palazzo Pitti was used mostly for lodging official guests and for occasional functions of the court, while the Medicis' principal residence remained the Palazzo Vecchio. It was not until the reign of Eleonora's son Francesco I and his wife Johanna of Austria that

1178-483: The corps de logis , is 32,000 square metres. It is divided into several principal galleries or museums detailed below. The construction of this severe and forbidding building was commissioned in 1458 by the Florentine banker Luca Pitti (1398–1472), a principal supporter and friend of Cosimo de' Medici . The early history of the Palazzo Pitti is a mixture of fact and myth. Pitti is alleged to have instructed that

1240-566: The Boboli Gardens. The porcelain is from many of the most notable European porcelain factories, with Sèvres porcelain and Meissen porcelain being well represented. Many items in the collection were gifts to the Florentine rulers from other European sovereigns, while other works were specially commissioned by the grand ducal court. Of particular note are several large dinner services by the Vincennes factory, later renamed Sèvres, and

1302-535: The Grand Dukes (Tesoro dei Granduchi), formerly called the Silver Museum (Museo degli Argenti), contains a collection of priceless silver, cameos , and works in semi-precious gemstones , many of the latter from the collection of Lorenzo de' Medici , including his collection of ancient vases, many with delicate silver gilt mounts added for display purposes in the 15th century. These rooms, formerly part of

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1364-652: The House of Habsburg-Lorraine to the House of Savoy in 1860, the Palazzo Pitti was included. After the Risorgimento , when Florence was briefly the capital of the Kingdom of Italy , Victor Emmanuel II resided in the palazzo until 1871. His grandson, Victor Emmanuel III , presented the palazzo to the nation in 1919. The palazzo and other buildings in the Boboli Gardens were then divided into five separate art galleries and

1426-711: The Just Cavalli café at Torre Branca opened, as well as another boutique on Via della Spiga . In July 2011, his company collection was presented at the catwalk of The Brandery fashion show in Barcelona. On 18 June 2013, he was awarded an Honorary Master Diploma in Fashion Management from Domus Academy in Milan, during a ceremony after which he held a lectio magistralis . In 1964, Cavalli married Silvanella Giannoni, with whom he had two children, before their divorce in 1974. In 1977, while serving as

1488-677: The Just Cavalli line. The Sufi school brought forth a proceeding in Europe to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). "On 16 May 2014, the OHIM pronounced itself in the first degree rejecting the request made by the School to invalidate the Just Cavalli logo. The Court stated that the two logos are not mistakable and do not present any similarities." Nonetheless, students of

1550-399: The Medici coat of arms at the centre. The interior is similarly poised between architecture and nature; the first chamber has copies of Michelangelo 's four unfinished slaves emerging from the corners which seem to carry the vault with an open oculus at its centre and painted as a rustic bower with animals, figures and vegetation. Figures, animals and trees made of stucco and rough pumice adorn

1612-617: The Medici family, and lived in by their successors. These rooms have been largely altered since the era of the Medici, most recently in the 19th century. They contain a collection of Medici portraits, many of them by the artist Giusto Sustermans . In contrast to the great salons containing the Palatine collection, some of these rooms are much smaller and more intimate, and, while still grand and gilded, are more suited to day-to-day living requirements. Period furnishings include four-poster beds and other necessary furnishings not found elsewhere in

1674-711: The Mexican charts, peaking at number one for two non-consecutive weeks, and remained in the top 10 for over eleven weeks. The concert was also screened in theaters across the United States. The following set list is obtained from the August 9, 2006, concert in El Paso, Texas. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour. Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli ( Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto kaˈvalli] ; 15 November 1940 – 12 April 2024)

1736-684: The Sufi school continued their protest. Palazzo Pitti The Palazzo Pitti ( Italian: [paˈlattso ˈpitti] ), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace , is a vast, mainly Renaissance , palace in Florence , Italy . It is situated on the south side of the River Arno , a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio . The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and

1798-524: The Throne Room. In 2005 the surprise discovery of forgotten 18th-century bathrooms in the palazzo revealed remarkable examples of contemporary plumbing very similar in style to the bathrooms of the 21st century. The Palatine Gallery, the main gallery of Palazzo Pitti, contains a large ensemble of over 500 principally Renaissance paintings , which were once part of the Medicis' and their successors' private art collection. The gallery, which overflows into

1860-491: The acquisition of Italian fashion group Roberto Cavalli. Cavalli was sharply criticized in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear (designed for Harrods ) which featured the images of Hindu goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and formal apologies were made. The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi school of Islamic Sufism accused Cavalli of copying their "sacred emblem" for branding

1922-579: The basement. On the garden side of the courtyard Amannati constructed a grotto , called the "grotto of Moses" on account of the porphyry statue that inhabits it. On the terrace above it, level with the piano nobile windows, Ammanati constructed a fountain centered on the axis; it was later replaced by the Fontana del Carciofo ("Fountain of the Artichoke"), designed by Giambologna 's former assistant, Francesco Susini , and completed in 1641. In 1616,

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1984-459: The bestowal of virtuous leadership. Cortona left Florence in 1647, and his pupil and collaborator, Ciro Ferri , completed the cycle by the 1660s. They were to inspire the later Planet Rooms at Louis XIV 's Palace of Versailles , designed by Charles Le Brun . The collection was first opened to the public in the late 18th century, albeit rather reluctantly, by Grand Duke Leopold I , Tuscany's first enlightened ruler, keen to obtain popularity after

2046-562: The concert that the Dutch people deserve. Thanks for your understanding. All my love, Shakira". The tour broke several records: The shows in Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico in December 2006 were filmed for a DVD release. Shakira had Alejandro Sanz as a guest and they performed together " La Tortura ". Wyclef Jean was also a guest and performed " Hips Don't Lie " with Shakira. It

2108-464: The demise of the Medici. The Palatine Gallery has 28 rooms, among them: The Royal Apartments include 14 rooms. Their decoration was changed to Empire style by the Savoy monarchs, but there are still some rooms maintaining decorations and furniture from the age of the Medici. The Green Room, was frescoed by Castagnoli in early 19th Century. It exhibits an intarsia cabinet from the 17th century and

2170-432: The façade was continued during the subsequent additions to the palazzo, and its influence can be seen in numerous 16th-century imitations and 19th-century revivals. Work stopped after Pitti suffered financial losses following the death of Cosimo de' Medici in 1464. Luca Pitti died in 1472 with the building unfinished. The building was sold in 1549 to Eleonora di Toledo . Raised at the luxurious court of Naples , Eleonora

2232-461: The façade, the prototype of the cour d'honneur that was copied in France. Sporadic lesser additions and alterations were made for many years thereafter under other rulers and architects. To one side of the gardens is the bizarre grotto designed by Bernardo Buontalenti . The lower façade was begun by Vasari but the architecture of the upper storey is subverted by "dripping" pumice stalactites with

2294-475: The first home of the newly formed "Modern Art Museum". Following the Risorgimento and the expulsion of the grand ducal family from the palazzo, all the grand ducal modern art works were brought together under one roof in the newly titled "Modern gallery of the Academy". The collection continued to expand, particularly so under the patronage of Victor Emmanuel II. However it was not until 1922 that this gallery

2356-588: The garden project well in hand, Ammanati turned his attentions to creating a large courtyard immediately behind the principal façade, to link the palazzo to its new garden. This courtyard has heavy-banded channelled rustication that has been widely copied, notably for the Parisian palais of Marie de' Medici , the Luxembourg . In the principal façade Ammanati also created the finestre inginocchiate ("kneeling" windows, in reference to their imagined resemblance to

2418-423: The gardens centred on an amphitheatre, behind the corps de logis of the palazzo. The first play recorded as performed there was Andria by Terence in 1476. It was followed by many classically inspired plays of Florentine playwrights such as Giovan Battista Cini . Performed for the amusement of the cultivated Medici court, they featured elaborate sets designed by the court architect Baldassarre Lanci . With

2480-585: The high baroque style. Initially Cortona frescoed a small room on the piano nobile called the Sala della Stufa with a series depicting the Four Ages of Man which were very well received; the Age of Gold and Age of Silver were painted in 1637, followed in 1641 by the Age of Bronze and Age of Iron . They are regarded among his masterpieces. The artist was subsequently asked to fresco the grand ducal reception rooms;

2542-629: The house of Roberto Cavalli fashion, incorporating "femininity, spiritedness, and leopard print" as its pillars. The brand acquired appeal for its stable and unvarying looks despite the changing trends. In Milan in 1994, Cavalli presented the first sand-blasted jeans. By December of the same year, he had opened boutiques in Saint Barth , in the French Caribbean, followed by others in Venice and Saint-Tropez . Besides his main line, which

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2604-404: The late 18th century, the palazzo was used as a power base by Napoleon and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy . The palace and its contents were donated to the Italian people by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1919. The palazzo is now the largest museum complex in Florence. The principal palazzo block, often in a building of this design known as

2666-423: The lower walls. A short passage leads to a small second chamber and to a third which has a central fountain with Giambologna's Venus in the centre of the basin, peering fearfully over her shoulder at the four satyrs spitting jets of water at her from the edge. The palazzo remained the principal Medici residence until Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany , the last of the male Medici line, died in 1737. It

2728-455: The name of all that is extraordinary, how can they find room for all these carriages and horses". Some of the carriages are highly decorative, being adorned not only by gilt but by painted landscapes on their panels. Those used on the grandest occasions, such as the "Carrozza d'Oro" (golden carriage), are surmounted by gilt crowns which would have indicated the rank and station of the carriage's occupants. Other carriages on view are those used by

2790-487: The palazzo began. The design and fenestration suggest that the unknown architect was more experienced in utilitarian domestic architecture than in the humanist rules defined by Alberti in his book De Re Aedificatoria . Though impressive, the original palazzo would have been no rival to the Florentine Medici residences in terms of either size or content. Whoever the architect of the Palazzo Pitti was, he

2852-560: The palazzo was occupied on a permanent basis and became home to the Medicis' art collection. Land on the Boboli hill at the rear of the palazzo was acquired in order to create a large formal park and gardens, today known as the Boboli Gardens . The landscape architect employed for this was the Medici court artist Niccolò Tribolo , who died the following year; he was quickly succeeded by Bartolommeo Ammanati . The original design of

2914-512: The palazzo. The Kings of Italy last used the Palazzo Pitti in the 1920s. By that time it had already been converted to a museum, but a suite of rooms in the Meridian wing (now the Gallery of Modern Art) was reserved for them when visiting Florence officially. This gallery originates from the remodeling of the Florentine academy in 1748, when a gallery of Modern Art was established. The gallery

2976-480: The period from the 18th to the early 20th century. No examples of later art are included in the collection since in Italy, "modern art" refers to the period before World War II; what has followed is generally known as "contemporary art" ( arte contemporanea ). In Tuscany this art can be found at the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci at Prato , a city about 15 km (9 mi) from Florence. The Treasury of

3038-528: The private royal apartments, are decorated with 17th-century frescoes , the most splendid being by Giovanni da San Giovanni , from 1635 to 1636. The Silver Museum also contains a fine collection of German gold and silver artefacts purchased by Grand Duke Ferdinand III after his return from exile in 1815, following the French occupation. First opened in 1973, this museum is housed in the Casino del Cavaliere in

3100-566: The royal apartments, contains works by Raphael , Titian , Perugino ( Lamentation over the Dead Christ ), Correggio , Peter Paul Rubens , and Pietro da Cortona . The character of the gallery is still that of a private collection, and the works of art are displayed and hung much as they would have been in the grand rooms for which they were intended rather than following a chronological sequence, or arranged according to school of art. The finest rooms were decorated by Pietro da Cortona in

3162-459: The show had to be rescheduled to March 17, 2007. Shakira was ill and had been advised to rest her voice. Shakira gave her manager the following letter to pass out to the crowd: "I am very sad I cannot perform tonight. Holland is one of my favorite places on earth and I have been looking forward to doing this show for a long time. I promise I will make it up to you when I come back in March to give you

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3224-473: The windows be larger than the entrance of the Palazzo Medici . The 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari proposed that Brunelleschi was the palazzo's architect , and that his pupil Luca Fancelli was merely his assistant in the task, but today it is Fancelli who is generally credited. Besides obvious differences from the elder architect's style, Brunelleschi died 12 years before construction of

3286-475: Was an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He was known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans . The Roberto Cavalli fashion house sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Cavalli was born in a suburb of Florence , Italy on 15 November 1940. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, an artist and member of the Macchiaioli Movement, produced work that

3348-476: Was designed by Shakira and designer Roberto Cavalli . The stage was designed by Shakira and Spanish visual artist Jaume de Laiguana . She commented about the staging: "[It] will revolve around the art, dance and energy of rock and roll". On 3 February 2007, Shakira was scheduled to appear in the Netherlands. While a full stadium – 39,000 people – were waiting for Shakira, her official management announced that

3410-546: Was exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery . His father was killed in 1944 in the Cavriglia massacre  [ it ] , a Nazi reprisal on civilians, when he was four. Cavalli enrolled at the local art institute, concentrating on textile print. While still a student, he made a series of flower prints on knit that caught the attention of major Italian hosiery manufacturers. In the early 1970s, he invented and patented

3472-475: Was intended to hold those art works which were prize-winners in the academy's competitions. The Palazzo Pitti was being redecorated on a grand scale at this time and the new works of art were being collected to adorn the newly decorated salons. By the mid-19th century so numerous were the grand ducal paintings of modern art that many were transferred to the Palazzo della Crocetta  [ it ] , which became

3534-413: Was moved to the Palazzo Pitti where it was complemented by further modern works of art in the ownership of both the state and the municipality of Florence. The collection was housed in apartments recently vacated by members of the Italian royal family. The gallery was first opened to public viewing in 1928. Today, further enlarged and spread over 30 rooms, this large collection includes works by artists of

3596-417: Was moving against the contemporary flow of fashion. The rusticated stonework gives the palazzo a severe and powerful atmosphere, reinforced by the three-times-repeated series of seven arch-headed apertures, reminiscent of a Roman aqueduct . The Roman -style architecture appealed to the Florentine love of the new style all'antica . This original design has withstood the test of time: the repetitive formula of

3658-519: Was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti , an ambitious Florentine banker. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany . It grew as a great treasure house as later generations amassed paintings, plates, jewelry and luxurious possessions. The Medici added the Boboli Gardens to the palace estate. In

3720-612: Was released under the title Oral Fixation Tour on 12 November 2007 worldwide. The audio was recorded and mixed in stereo and 5.1 by Gustavo Celis . The release was well received by critics, who commended Shakira's multi-instrumentalism. It was also well received commercially, peaking at number six on the US Top Music Videos chart, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album quickly shot up

3782-589: Was the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici of Tuscany, later the Grand Duke. On moving into the palace, Cosimo had Vasari enlarge the structure to fit his tastes; the palace was more than doubled by the addition of a new block along the rear. Vasari also built the Vasari Corridor , an above-ground walkway from Cosimo's old palace and the seat of government, the Palazzo Vecchio , through the Uffizi , above

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3844-408: Was then occupied briefly by his sister, the elderly Electress Palatine ; on her death, the Medici dynasty became extinct and the palazzo passed to the new Grand Dukes of Tuscany , the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine , in the person of Francis III . The Austrian tenancy was briefly interrupted by Napoleon , who used the palazzo during his period of control over Italy. When Tuscany passed from

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