8 Palazzo Medici, ca

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TitlePalazzo Medici

Creator nameMichelozzo di Bartolomeo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1440–1460

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationFlorence, Italy

SubjectsArchitecture, ItalianPalaces--Italy

StatusAlso known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi

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4. Pius II Piccolomini and Architectural Patronage in Siena: Papal Power and Family Identity

Fabrizio Nevola

Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City

In 1452, the Holy Roman Emperor elect, Frederick III, entered Siena and made a prolonged stay in the city as he awaited the arrival of his betrothed, Eleonora of Portugal, and for preparations for his coronation in Rome by Pope Nicholas v...

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Fabrizio Nevola

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.59-89

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00112.008

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Chapter subject tags:Siena (Italy)--HistoryPius II, Pope, 1405-1464Art patronage--ItalyPapacy--HistoryArchitecture--Political aspects--ItalyCeremonial entriesArchitecture, Renaissance--ItalyCity planning--Italy

1. The Imagery of Identity

Patricia Lee Rubin

Images and Identity in Fifteenth-Century Florence

The important men of a major clan gather in a piazza. They are accompanied by their supporters and clients (pls. 3, 4). Grouped around an altar, they discuss and ponder a sacred event. Some turn to greet newcomers. All are grave and dignified. The square is bright and well ordered. It is ornamented with stately architecture, sculpture, and multi-colored marbles. It is a fiction – a painted history on a chapel wall. It is also a fact – a willed and commissioned fact of family honor. It is …

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Patricia Lee Rubin

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.3-17

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00066.004

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Chapter subject tags:Florence (Italy)--HistoryArt patronage--ItalyPainting, Renaissance--ItalySculpture, Renaissance--ItalyArchitecture, Renaissance--ItalyArt patronage--Italy--FlorencePainting, Renaissance--Italy--FlorenceSculpture, Renaissance--Italy--FlorenceArchitecture, Renaissance--Italy--Florence

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