| dc.coverage.spatial | Current Site: Florence (Italy) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | creation date: 1523-1533, creation date: completed, 1550s | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | creation date: 1418-ca. 1700 | en_US |
| dc.creator | Buonarroti, Michelangelo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Brunelleschi, Filippo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Ammannati, Bartolomeo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Michelozzo di Bartolomeo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Tribolo, Niccolò | en_US |
| dc.date | 1523-1533 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-03-22T19:13:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-03-22T19:13:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1523-1533 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 108282 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/17523 | en_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.description | aerial view, from the top of the Cathedral bell tower, depicting the dome of the circular
reading room | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | marble | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | masonry | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 101818 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 102035 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Archivision Inc. (all images © Scott Gilchrist /
archivision.com) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Libraries (Buildings) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Basilicas | en_US |
| dc.subject | Clement VII, Pope, 1478-1534 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reading rooms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Renaissance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religious architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Catholic Church | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture -- Italy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Churches -- Italy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Classicism in architecture | en_US |
| dc.title | San Lorenzo | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Basilica di San Lorenzo | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Laurentian Library | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Bibliotheca Laurenziana | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community
only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-MB-LL-DD2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Florentine | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Italian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Church, Religious building, Library (building) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | architect: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564), architect: floor of the
reading room by Niccolò Tribolo (Italian, 1500-1550), architect: staircase completed
by Bartolomeo Ammannati (Italian, 1511-1592) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | architect: Filippo Brunelleschi (Italian, 1377-1446), architect: Michelozzo di
Bartolomeo (Italian, 1396-1472) | en_US |
