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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Florence, Tuscany, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1299-1302 (creation); ca. 1460-1572 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorMichelozzo di Bartolomeoen_US
dc.creatorVasari, Giorgio, IIen_US
dc.creatorVerrocchio, Andrea delen_US
dc.date1299-1302en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T18:11:09Z
dc.date.available2013-05-16T18:11:09Z
dc.date.issued1299-1302en_US
dc.identifier217610en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 251en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/125539
dc.descriptionCorbelling, looking up at corner, depicting small animal head; Originally known as the Palazzo dei Priori and later as the Palazzo della Signoria and Palazzo Ducale, the 13th-century Palazzo Vecchio was built to house the Priori, the leaders of the guilds, following the establishment of the popular government in 1283. The new palace was an architectural statement of the new political order that followed the resolution of the fierce fighting between the Guelph and Ghibelline factions in the city. The Palazzo Vecchio (still the town hall of Florence) set the pattern for Central Italian civic architecture during the 14th century. The palace subsequently underwent many changes, both internally and externally. In the 15th century, when it was known as the Palazzo della Signoria, Michelozzo was charged with shoring up the internal courtyard and fortifying the tower, both of which were in danger of imminent collapse; the present courtyard is very different from the 13th-century original. This courtyard was decoratecd by Vasari, ca. 1572. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/7/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstucco; brick; stone; frescoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectMedici familyen_US
dc.subjectMannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)en_US
dc.titlePalazzo Vecchioen_US
dc.title.alternativePalazzo della Signoriaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-F-PV-E6en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecity hallen_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
vra.worktypepalaceen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndrea del Verrocchio (Italian sculptor, 1435-1488); Giorgio Vasari II (Italian painter, 1511-1574); Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (Italian architect, 1396-1472)en_US


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