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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Florence, Tuscany, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1337-1359 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGiottoen_US
dc.creatorTalenti, Francescoen_US
dc.creatorPisano, Andreaen_US
dc.date1337-1359en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T18:06:11Z
dc.date.available2013-05-16T18:06:11Z
dc.date.issued1337-1359en_US
dc.identifier217378en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 327en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/125307
dc.descriptionFrontal view of the east elevation; The campanile, or bell-tower, of Florence Cathedral was begun shortly after Giotto was elected Master of Works in April 1334. He died in 1337, but a design attributed to him survives (Siena, Mus. Opera Duomo). Only the lowest zone corresponds to the completed tower. Work was continued during the 1340s by Andrea Pisano and finished in the late 1350s by Francesco Talenti, who increased the height of the storeys, thus enhancing the elegance and lightness of the structure; he also added a flat-topped belfry. The campanile is square in plan with octagonal corner buttresses. It is divided into horizontal zones: the lower ones are decorated with reliefs and statues, while the upper and slightly narrower part of the tower is pierced on each of its four sides, first by two storeys of twin, two-light openings and, finally, in its uppermost storey, by a single great tripartite window. The campanile is 84 m high and, like the cathedral, is faced in white, green and pink marble. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/10/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediummarbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.titleFlorence Campanileen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-F-C-B3en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypecampanileen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndrea Pisano (Italian architect, ca. 1295-1349); Francesco Talenti (Italian architect, ca. 1300-1370); Giotto (Italian architect, ca. 1266-1337)en_US


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