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dc.coverage.spatialCurrent Site: Florence (Italy)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: 1418-ca. 1700en_US
dc.creatorBrunelleschi, Filippoen_US
dc.creatorMichelozzo di Bartolomeoen_US
dc.date1418-ca. 1700en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-20
dc.date.available2006-12-20
dc.date.issued1418-1750en_US
dc.identifier106313en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/14705en_US
dc.description"The titular church of the Medici family, S Lorenzo is regarded by many as the quintessential Renaissance church. The rebuilding of the old Romanesque church of S Lorenzo, originally consecrated by St Ambrose in the 4th century, was largely carried out in the 15th century, with additions in the 16th and 17th. The Signoria gave permission for the enlargement of the existing church in 1418, and it has been argued that church officials were persuaded that the fabric should be extended in order to accommodate chapels for such families of standing as the Neroni, Ginori, Rondinelli, della Stufa, Nelli and Ciai. Although Filippo Brunelleschi was traditionally associated with the design of the new church, he is now thought to have designed only the Old Sacristy in the north-west corner, commissioned by Giovanni di Averardo de’ Medici and the first part of the new fabric to be erected. The rest of the rebuilding work may have been conceived on the basis of his designs, but it is now thought more likely to have been carried out under the influence of such followers as Michelozzo."en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, side chapelen_US
dc.format.mediummarbleen_US
dc.format.mediummasonryen_US
dc.relation.ispartof102035en_US
dc.rightsArchivision Inc. (all images © Scott Gilchrist / archivision.com)en_US
dc.subjectBasilicasen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Renaissanceen_US
dc.subjectReligious architectureen_US
dc.subjectCatholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture -- Italyen_US
dc.subjectChurches -- Italyen_US
dc.subjectChapels (rooms or structures)en_US
dc.titleSan Lorenzoen_US
dc.title.alternativeBasilica di San Lorenzoen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BFI-SL-C3en_US
vra.culturalContextFlorentineen_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeChurchen_US
vra.worktypeReligious buildingen_US
dc.contributor.displayarchitect: Filippo Brunelleschi (Italian, 1377-1446), architect: Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1396-1472)en_US


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