Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: San Lorenzo
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Preferred Title:
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San Lorenzo
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Image View:
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View looking southeast, depicting ground arcade
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Creator:
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attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi (Italian architect, 1377-1446); attributed to Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (Italian architect, 1396-1472)
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Location:
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site: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Date:
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1423-1460 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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church
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone; pietra serena
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; Medici family; cloister; arcade
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Description:
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The titular church of the Medici family, S Lorenzo is regarded by many as the quintessential Renaissance church. Brunelleschi's involvement probably ceased after completion of the Old Sacristy, and his supervision of the work was thus limited; the raw brickwork of the west front still lacks a façade, and even his responsibility for the design itself has been challenged in favour of Michelozzo. The new church of S Lorenzo, designed on a Latin-cross plan and completed in the 1460s, reflects Renaissance preoccupations with balance and harmony. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A2-I-F-CS-A5
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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