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Article
Donatello, musical sculpture, and the shock of sound
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 904-915
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Author:
Bloch , Amy R. (Bloch , Amy R.)
Subjects
artists:
Donatello / Robbia, Luca della / Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
buildings:
Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy / Duomo di Siena, Siena, Italy / Sant'Angelo a Nilo, Naples, Italy / San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy, Florence, Italy / Prato Cathedral, Prato, Italy
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
media:
Sculpture / Reliefs / Marbles / Bronzes / Mosaics / Gilding
places:
Florence / Siena / Prato / Naples
subjects:
Harmony / Musical instruments / Organs / Dance / Cantorie / Pulpits / spiritelli (sprites) / Angels / Mary, Virgin: Assumption
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.6.
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.6.
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop. c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 30 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop, with Michelozzo (?). c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 33 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
13. Martyrs’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Attributed works:
14. Apostles’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.13
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.14, with one handle rotated.
Attributed works:
2. Winged trumpeter from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1429. Bronze, height 36 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of the tomb of Rainaldo Brancacci in Sant’Angelo a Nilo, Naples, by Donatello and Michelozzo. c.1426–28. Marble. (Scala).
Attributed works:
4. Feast of Herod from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1423–27. Bronze with gilding, 60 by 60 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Cantoria, by Luca della Robbia. 1431–38. Marble, 328 by 560 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Cantoria, by Donatello. 1433–39. Marble, glass, ceramic, gold, bronze, 348 by 570 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. Pulpit of the Cathedral of Santo Stefano, Prato, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1428–38 (figural reliefs by Donatello, 1433–38). Marble, ceramic, gold, each relief 73.5 by 79 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; photographed post-restoration).
Attributed works:
8. The Cavalcanti Annunciation in S. Croce, Florence, by Donatello. c.1428–33. Partially gilded sandstone (macigno), height 420 cm.; width at base 248 cm.; width at top 274 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.6. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Article
Donatello’s ‘Nunziata del Sasso’: the Cavalcanti chapel at S. Croce and its patrons
03/2008 | 1260 | 150
Pages: 152-165
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Author:
Preyer, Brenda (Preyer, Brenda)
Author:
Zervas, Diane Finiello (Zervas, Diane Finiello; Finiello Zervas, Diane; Zervas, Diane)
Subjects
artists:
Donatello
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1430-1440
patrons:
Cavalcanti family
print:
Donatello
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Tabernacles / Commissions / Patrons / Wills / Genealogy / Funerary structures / Chapels / Funerary chapels
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Annunciation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Annunciation, the Cavalcanti tabernacle, by Donatello, after the 1994–95 restoration. c.1436-40. Pietra serena, terracotta and gilding, 420 by 274 cm. (S. Croce, Florence)
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.9
Attributed works:
11. Youthful St John the Baptist, by Michelozzo. c.1440s. Terracotta, 69 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence)
Attributed works:
12. Sts John the Baptist and Francis, by Domenico Veneziano. 1450s. Fresco, approx. 194 by 108 cm. (Museo dell’Opera di S. Croce, Florence)
Attributed works:
13. Fig.1 photographed before 1954
Attributed works:
14. Predella with scenes from the life of St Nicholas of Bari, by Giovanni di Francesco. 1450s. Tempera on wood, 23 by 158 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence)
Attributed works:
6. Left side of Fig.1, set diagonally into the church wall, before restoration
Attributed works:
7. Left capital of Fig.1, before restoration
Attributed works:
8. Left pair of standing putti in Fig.1, here attributed to Donatello. c.1439. Terracotta, pigmented stucco, gilding and traces of white pigment, approx. 76 cm. high
Attributed works:
9. Right pair of standing putti in Fig.1, here attributed to Michelozzo. c.1440. Terracotta, gilding and traces of white pigment, approx. 76 cm. high
Western art unattributed:
2. Genealogical tree of members of the Cavalcanti family who created the chapel. Not included are Giovanni di Lorenzo and Francesco di Matteo, who were distantly related.
Western art unattributed:
3. Plan of S. Croce with the tramezzo. (Reproduced by permission of Marcia Hall)
Western art unattributed:
4. Reconstruction of the area around the Cavalcanti chapel, S. Croce, Florence, 1440–42: 1) Nobili tomb; 1a) Nobili holy water stoup; 2) Mannelli tomb; 3) Cocchi tomb; 4) Cerchi tomb; 5) messer Benedetto Cavalcanti tomb; 6) messer Amerigo Cavalcanti tomb; 7) female relatives of messer Amerigo Cavalcanti tomb; 8) messer Amerigo and descendents tomb; 10) Boscoli tomb; 11) Bernardo di Bernardo Cavalcanti tomb. (Diane Finiello Zervas)
Western art unattributed:
5. Reconstruction in elevation and plan of the Cavalcanti chapel and surrounding area, c.1450: ABC) elevation; ABD) ground plan; 1) Nobili tomb; 2) Nobili holy water stoup; 3) Mannelli tomb; 4) Cerchi tomb; 5) messer Benedetto Cavalcanti tomb; 6) messer Amerigo Cavalcanti and descendents; 7) female relatives of messer Amerigo; 8) Bernardo Cavalcanti’s tomb; 9) Cavalcanti altar; 10) altar steps; 11) Domenico Veneziano fresco; 12) tramezzo. (Diane Finiello Zervas)
Article
The Restoration of Desiderio da Settignano's Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini in S. Croce, Florence
12/1999 | 1161 | 141
Pages: 732-738
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Author:
Weeks, Christopher (Weeks, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Desiderio da Settignano
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
subjects:
Italian painting / Sepulchral monuments / Conservation
works:
Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini (Santa Croce, Florence)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The Tomb of Chancellor Carlo Marsuppini, by Desiderio da Settignano and Workshop. Before Cleaning. (S. Croce, Florence).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of the Virgin's Head.
Attributed works:
21. Virgin and Child from the Lunette of the Marsuppini Tomb. After Cleaning.
Attributed works:
22. Diagram of the Constituent Blocks of the Marsuppini Tomb.
Attributed works:
23. Left-Hand Garland Bearer.
Attributed works:
24. Detail of Fig.23.
Attributed works:
25. Angel to the Right of the Virgin in the Lunette.
Attributed works:
26. Angel to the Left of the Virgin in the Lunette.
Attributed works:
27. Detail of Fig.26.
Attributed works:
28. Detail of Central Section of the Arch.
Attributed works:
29. Putto to the Left of the Sarcophagus.
Attributed works:
30. Detail of the Putto to the Left of the Sarcophagus.
Attributed works:
31. Partial Reconstruction of the Polychromy on the Left-Hand Garland Bearer and Frieze.
Attributed works:
32. Partial Reconstruction of the Polychromy on the Catafalque.
Attributed works:
33. Detail of the Catafalque Showing Remains of Blue Pigment.
Attributed works:
34. General View of the Marsuppini Tomb, after Treatment.
Attributed works:
35. Detail of the upper Part of the Monument, after Treatment.
Short Notice
Bronzino's S. Croce 'Pietà'
08/1986 | 1001 | 128
Pages: 576-578+581
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Author:
Pilliod, Elizabeth (Pilliod, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Della Fonte family
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Mary, Virgin: Pietà
subjects:
Visual sources
subjects:
Patronage / Documents
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Palestrina Pietà, Attributed to Michelangelo. Marble, Height 251.5 cm. (Accademia, Florence).
Attributed works:
28. Pietà, by Agnolo Bronzino. c. 1569. Panel. (S. Croce, Florence).
Attributed works:
29. Trinity, by Albrecht Dürer, 1511. Woodcut. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Book Review
Renovation and Counter-Reformation. Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Sta Maria Novella and Sta Croce 1565-1577
08/1982 | 953 | 124
Pages: 512-514
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Reviewer:
Hope, Charles (Hope, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Vasari, Giorgio
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
places:
Italy / Florence
sources:
Borghini, Raffaello
subjects:
Counter-Reformation
subjects:
Italian architecture / Churches
subjects:
Italian painting / Altarpieces
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Renovation and Counter-Reformation. Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Sta Maria Novella and Sta Croce 1565-1577 | author: Hall, Marcia B.
Article
Carpentry and Symmetry in Cimabue's Santa Croce Crucifix
10/1978 | 907 | 120
Pages: 640+645-653
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Author:
Brink, Joel (Brink, Joel)
Subjects
artists:
Cimabue
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1200-1299
dates:
1960-1979
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Painted crosses / Crucifixes
subjects:
Techniques
subjects:
Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Santa Croce Crucifix, by Cimabue. (Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence).
Attributed works:
6. Wooden Superstructure of Cimabue's Santa Croce Crucifix. (Museo Dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Detail from The Institution of the Crib at Greccio, by the Master of the St Francis Cycle. (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi).
Attributed works:
8. Santa Trinita Altar-Piece, by Cimabue. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
9. San Francesco Altar-Piece, by Cimabue and Workshop. (Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
A. Santa Croce Crucifix, Carpentry Dimensions.
Attributed works:
B. Santa Croce Crucifix, Geometrical Design.
Attributed works:
C. Santa Trinita Altar-Piece [Fig. 8, by Cimabue. (Uffizi, Florence)], Geometrical Design. This Diagram is Not Reproduced in Proportion to Diagram B.
Attributed works:
D. Santa Croce Crucifix, Height of Christ and Terminal Panels.
Attributed works:
E. San Francesco Altar-Piece, [Fig. 9, by Cimabue and Workshop. (Louvre, Paris)]. Field Width and Determination of External Shoulder Height. This Diagram is Not Reproduced in Proportion to Diagram D.
Attributed works:
F. Santa Croce Crucifix, Proportions of Roundel, Cimasa and Apron Panel.
Attributed works:
G. Santa Croce Crucifix, Width of Centre Post, Cross-Arm and Terminal Panels.
Attributed works:
H. Santa Croce Crucifix, Homo Quadratus.
Attributed works:
I. Santa Croce Crucifix, Adjustment of Carpentry below Cross-Arm (Dashed Line = Ideal Symmetrical Alignment; Solid Line = Actual Carpentry Design).
Article
The Operation of Vasari's Workshop and the Designs for S. Maria Novella and S. Croce
04/1973 | 841 | 115
Pages: 204-209
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Author:
Hall, Marcia B. (Hall, Marcia B.; Hall, Marcia)
Subjects
artists:
Vasari, Giorgio
artists:
Sangallo, Francesco da
buildings:
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian architecture / Churches
subjects:
Interior design
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Eighteenth-Century Plan of S. Maria Novella Showing Vasari's Remodelling. (Demolished in the Nineteenth Century).
Attributed works:
4. Eighteenth-Century Section of S. Maria Novella Showing Vasari's now Demolished Remodelling.
Attributed works:
5. Vasari's Design for Altar Tabernacles in S. Maria Novella, Copied by Giorgio Vasari il Giovane. (Gabinetto dei Disegni, Galleria Degli Uffizi, 4682A.)
Attributed works:
6. Altar Tabernacle Here Identified as Designed by Francesco da San Gallo. (S. Croce, Florence.)
Western art unattributed:
2. S. Maria Novella, Florence Today, after Nineteenth-Century Remodelling.
Short Notice
The Early Decoration of Santa Croce in Florence
07/1971 | 820 | 113
Pages: 391-393
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Author:
Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
Subjects
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian architecture / Italian painting / Dating
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
35. Decorative Patterns in the Chapel Spandrels. (Right Transept, Santa Croce, Florence.)
Western art unattributed:
36. Decorative Pattern in a Chapel Spandrel. (Right Transept, Santa Croce, Florence.)
Western art unattributed:
37. Decorative Patterns in the Chapel Spandrels. (Left Transept, Santa Croce, Florence.)
Western art unattributed:
38. Decorative Pattern with Superimposed Head. (Cappella Velluti, Right Transept, Santa Croce, Florence.)
Article
Orcagna in 1357 - And in Other Times
05/1971 | 818 | 113
Pages: 239-251
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Author:
Boskovits, Miklós (Boskovits, Miklós; Boskovits, M.)
Subjects
artists:
Orcagna, Andrea
buildings:
Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1300-1399
museums and institutions:
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, United States
museums and institutions:
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions / Critical Reception
subjects:
Mary, Virgin / Mary, Virgin: Coronation
subjects:
Frescoes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Coronation of the Virgin, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Detail. (Galleria Nazionale, Rome.)
Attributed works:
11. 'Regina coeli' with Saints and Angels, Here Attributed to Orcagna. (City Art Museum of Saint Louis.)
Attributed works:
12. Crucifixion, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Fresco. (Church of the Monastery of Santa Marta a Montughi, Florence.)
Attributed works:
13. 'Violenti'; Another Detail of the Fresco Illustrated in Fig.9. [Combatting 'Violenti'. Detail of a Fragmentary Fresco by Orcagna. (Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence.)]
Attributed works:
14. Adoration of the Magi, by Orcagna. Detail of the Marble Tabernacle, 1359. (Or San Michele, Florence.)
Attributed works:
15. Adoration of the Magi, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Detail of a Panel. (Formerly Private Collection, Milan.)
Attributed works:
16. Bust of a Prophet, by Orcagna. Fresco. 1349-1350. (Santa Maria Novella, Florence.)
Attributed works:
17. Pentecost, by Orcagna (And Jacopo di Cione?). Central Panel of a Triptych. (Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.)
Attributed works:
18. St Peter, by Orcagna. Detail of the Strozzi Altar-Piece. (Santa Maria Novella, Florence.)
Attributed works:
19. St Thaddeus and St Matthias, by Orcagna. Detail from the Right Leaf of the 'Pentecost' Triptych. (Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.)
Attributed works:
2. Annunciation, by Orcagna. Signed and Dated 1346(?). (Formerly Collection Landau-Finaly, Florence.)
Attributed works:
20. Coronation of the Virgin, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Detail of a Panel. (Formerly Private Collection, Milan.)
Attributed works:
21. 'Regina coeli' with Saints and Angels, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Central Part of a Tabernacle. (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.)
Attributed works:
22. Detail of the Crucifixion Fresco, by Orcagna. (Ex-Refectory of the Church of Santo Spirito, Florence.)
Attributed works:
3. Nativity - Crucifixion, Here Attributed to Orcagna. Details of the Shutters of a Tabernacle. (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.)
Attributed works:
4. Bust of the Virgin from the Annunciation Illustrated in Fig.2. [Annunciation, by Orcagna. Signed and Dated 1346(?). (Formerly Collection Landau-Finaly, Florence.)]
Attributed works:
5. Bust of an Angel, by Orcagna. Detail of the Strozzi Altar-Piece, Signed and Dated 1357. (Santa Maria Novella, Florence.)
Attributed works:
6. St Thomas Commands the Pagan Idols to Fall(?). Fragment of a Fresco Here Attributed to Orcagna. 1350(?). (Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence.)
Attributed works:
7. St Thomas at the Banquet of the King of India. Fragment of a Fresco Here Attributed to Orcagna. 1350(?). (Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence.)
Attributed works:
8. Damned Souls in Hell. Detail of a Fragmentary Fresco by Orcagna. (Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence.)
Attributed works:
9. Combatting 'Violenti'. Detail of a Fragmentary Fresco by Orcagna. (Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence.)
Article
Additions to Lorenzo Ghiberti's Work
02/1971 | 815 | 113
Pages: 72-79
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Author:
Middeldorf, Ulrich (Middeldorf, Ulrich)
Subjects
artists:
Angelico, Fra
artists:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
buildings:
Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Chiesa di Ognissanti, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1300-1499
museums and institutions:
Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Strozzi family
patrons:
Lenzi family
patrons:
Albizzi family
patrons:
Olbizzi, Lodovico degli
patrons:
Barducci, Barducci di Chierichino
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena
subjects:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Attributions
subjects:
Bronzes / Funerary art / Tombstones
subjects:
Documents / Workshops (Organisations) / Marbles
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from Tomb of Pietro Lenzi Illustrated in Fig. 2.
Attributed works:
10. Tomb of Onofrio Strozzi. Design of the Sarcophagus Here Attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti, That of the Arch to a Follower of Donatello. (Sacristy, S. Trinita, Florence.)
Attributed works:
11. Sarcophagus of Maso Degli Albizzi. The Design Here Attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti. (S. Paolino, Florence.)
Attributed works:
12. Detail from the Sarcophagus Illustrated in Fig.11.
Attributed works:
2. Tomb of Pietro Lenzi, Here Attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti. (Ognissanti, Florence).
Attributed works:
3. Tomb of Barducci di Chierechino Barducci. The Design Here Attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti. (S. Felicita, Florence.)
Attributed works:
4. Tomb of Leonardo Dati, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. (S. Maria Novella, Florence.)
Attributed works:
5. Tomb of John Ketterick, Bishop of Exeter. The Design Here Attributed to Lorenzo Ghiberti. (S. Croce, Florence.)
Attributed works:
6. Tomb of Francesco Datini, by Niccolò di Pietro Lamberti. (S. Francesco, Prato.)
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Frescoes by Starnina. (S. Maria del Carmine, Florence.)
Attributed works:
8. Tabernacle of the Linaiuoli. Design by Lorenzo Ghiberti. (Museo di S. Marco, Florence.)
Attributed works:
9. Châsse of the Three Martyrs, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. (Bargello, Florence.)
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