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34 Rome, Pantheon, c. 120 A.D. Contents 34 Rome, Temple of Minerva Medica, c. 300 A.D. 35 Rome, Calidarium, Thermae of Caracalla, 211-217 A.D. Inhalt 35 Trier (Germany), Porta Nigra, c. 300 A.D. 36 NTmes (France), Pont du Gard, c. 15 B.C. 37 Rome, Arch of Constantine, 315 A.D. (Plan and elevation 1:800, Elevation 1:200) 38-47 Early Christian Basilicas and Baptisteries Frühchristliche Basiliken und Baptisterien 8- 9 Introduction by Ogden Hannaford 40 Rome, Basilica of Constantine, 310-13 41 Rome, San Pietro (Old Cathedral), 324 42 Ravenna, Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, c. 430-526 10-19 Great Buildings of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia 42 Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, 534-549 Grosse Bauten Ägyptens, Mesopotamiens und Persiens 43 Rome, Sant' Agnese Fuori Le Mura, 7th cent. 43 Rome, San Clemente, 1084-1108 12 Giza (Egypt), Site Plan (Scale 1:5000) 44 Rome, Santa Costanza, c. 350 13 Giza, Pyramid of Cheops, c. 2550 B.C. (1:800) 44 Rome, Baptistery of Constantine (Lateran), 430-440 14 Karnak (Egypt), Site Plan, 1550-942 B.C. (1:5000) 44 Nocera (Italy), Baptistery, 450 15 Abu-Simbel (Egypt), Great Temple of Ramesses II, c. 1250 B.C. 45 Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, c. 450 (1:800, 1:200) 15 Mycenae (Greece), Treasury of Atreus, c. 1350 B.C. 16 Medinet Habu (Egypt), Funerary Temple of Ramesses II, c. 1175 B.C. 17 Edfu (Egypt), Great Temple of Horus, 237-57 B.C. 46-53 Byzantine Central and Cross-domed Churches 18 Khorsabad (Iraq), Palace of Sargon, 721 B.C. -
To Be Visited in Florence
10 Places you can’t miss… 1. Piazza Duomo In Piazza Duomo there are three masterpieces that cannot be missed. Florence’s beautiful Gothic cathedral, named Santa Maria del Fiore (Saint Mary of the Flower) can hold 20.000 people. Its exterior is made of green, pink, and white marble. Brunelleschi's Dome, La Cupola, is a masterpiece. You can climb the 463 steps to its top. The Baptistery is one of Florence's oldest buildings. It is made of green and white marble and has three sets of amazing bronze doors, one of them is so beautiful that Florentine people named it The Door of Paradise. The bell tower, known as the Campanile di Giotto, was designed by the famous artist Giotto. 2. Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo della Signoria Piazza della Signoria, Signorìa Square, is the heart of the historic center. It has been Florence's political center since the middle ages and Florence's town hall, the beautiful medieval Signoria Palace, sits on the piazza. 3. The Uffizi Loggia and the Uffizi Gallery This is one of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. Its collection includes several universally acclaimed masterpieces of all time, including works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Botticelli, Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Frà Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Mantegna, Correggio, and Caravaggio. German, Dutch and Flemish masters are also well represented with important works by Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens. The Uffizzi Loggia can be visited anytime even when the gallery is closed. 4. Ponte Vecchio The Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge, was Florence's first bridge across the Arno River and is the only surviving bridge from Florence's medieval days as the others were destroyed in World War II. -
Notes on a Florence Visit
Notes on A Florence Visit For Great Views of Florence without the Steps Frescoes of the Last Supper in Florence Roof of the Rinascente Department store Roof of the Ospedele degli Innocenti Upper floor of the Orsanmichele Church Recectory at San Marco Piazzale Michelangelo – take the #12 or #13 bus Refectory at St. Maria del Carmine Roof of the Oblate Library – 2 blocks from Duomo Refectory of Ognissante Church Take the bus from San Marco up to Fisole Refectory at Santa Maria Novella -painted by a nun- Sister Trattoria Le Mossacce Nelli Refectory at Santa Croce Videos to View Refectory of San Salvi Refectory at Sant’Apollonia Cenacolo of Fuligno The Medicis – on Netflick Rick Ruggiero on Road Scholar’s Virtual Lecture Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance -PBS YouTube – 3 hour walking tour of Florence Room With a View Secrets of Florence (on Hoopla) Books To Read Brunelleschi’s Dome – Ross King The Lives of the Artists – Vasari The Stones of Florence – McCarthy Birth of Venus – Dunant Looking at Painting in Florence – Paterson The Light in the Piazza - Spencer Places Not to Miss Mercato Centrale –Market, Food Court, Cooking School Grom Gelato Badia Fiorentina - for Night Vespers Duomo – inside without line – side entrance for English Mass on Sat. PM or Sun. Amici Card at the Uffizi for immediate entry Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Ognissante Church – tomb of Botticello Giotto Crucifix Pazzi Chapel next to Santa Croce Leather School and Factory behind Santa Croce Vasari Corridor – expected to be opened this year Galileo Museum San Miniato Church Santissima Annunziata Church – painting of Mary completed by an angel Museum of Precious Stones Riccardo- Medici Palace – Chapel of the Magi San Maria dell Carmine Church -Brabcacci Chapel Santo Spirito Church – Michelangelo’s Crucifix . -
Illustrations Ij
Mack_Ftmat.qxd 1/17/2005 12:23 PM Page xiii Illustrations ij Fig. 1. Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, ca. 1015, Doors of St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany. Fig. 2. Masaccio, Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, ca. 1425, Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Flo- rence. Fig. 3. Bernardo Rossellino, Facade of the Pienza Cathedral, 1459–63. Fig. 4. Bernardo Rossellino, Interior of the Pienza Cathedral, 1459–63. Fig. 5. Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495–98, Refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. Fig. 6. Anonymous Pisan artist, Pisa Cross #15, late twelfth century, Museo Civico, Pisa. Fig. 7. Anonymous artist, Cross of San Damiano, late twelfth century, Basilica of Santa Chiara, Assisi. Fig. 8. Giotto di Bondone, Cruci‹xion, ca. 1305, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Padua. Fig. 9. Masaccio, Trinity Fresco, ca. 1427, Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Fig. 10. Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Altarpiece of St. Francis, 1235, Church of San Francesco, Pescia. Fig. 11. St. Francis Master, St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, early four- teenth century, Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi. Fig. 12. Anonymous Florentine artist, Detail of the Misericordia Fresco from the Loggia del Bigallo, 1352, Council Chamber, Misericor- dia Palace, Florence. Fig. 13. Florentine artist (Francesco Rosselli?), “Della Catena” View of Mack_Ftmat.qxd 1/17/2005 12:23 PM Page xiv ILLUSTRATIONS Florence, 1470s, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Fig. 14. Present-day view of Florence from the Costa San Giorgio. Fig. 15. Nicola Pisano, Nativity Panel, 1260, Baptistery Pulpit, Baptis- tery, Pisa. Fig. -
STUDENT HANDBOOK a GUIDE to MAXIMIZE YOUR SACI EXPERIENCE Front and Back Cover Images: Details of Michelangelo’S Sistine Chapel
STUDIO ARTS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HANDBOOK A GUIDE TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SACI EXPERIENCE Front and back cover images: details of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. SACI STUDENT HANDBOOK A Guide to Maximize Your SACI Experience Studio Arts College International Palazzo dei Cartelloni Via Sant’Antonino 11 50123 Florence - ITALY T (+39) 011 055 289948 F (+39) 011 055 2776408 [email protected] www.saci-florence.edu 4 CONTENTS Welcome..................................................7 SACI Mission Statement............................8 SACI Facilities.............................................9 School Regulations and Policies.............10 Housing................................................14 Other SACI Services..................................17 Visitors...............................................18 SACI Academic Information.....................20 Course Information....................20 Financial Information...............22 SACI Field Trips.........................................24 Florence’s Schedule.................................26 Health and Safety ...................................27 Fitness Facilities.......................27 Medical Information.................28 Safety Information....................31 Communication.....................................35 Telephone...............................35 Faxes, Photocopies, and IDs......37 Email and Internet....................37 Mail.....................................38 Money Transactions.................................39 Getting Around in Florence.....................41 -
Passepartour 2019
PASSEPARTOUR 2019 FIRENZE OLTRARNO THE KEYS OF ACCESSIBILITY Florence is a world heritage site and as such it must be accessible to all, without exclusion. Florence welcomes people with physical disabilities due to an abundance of pedestrian areas and accessible historical and artistic sites. It is also unde- niable that some routes of the city-center - similar to many other historical cities throughout the world - may present some difficulties for people using wheelchairs: for example narrow streets, tiny sidewalks that are not easily passable or not homogeneous pavement. To address this problem and provide information on which paths are the best to follow for people with physical disabilities, the Municipality of Florence in collaboration with Kinoa Srl have designed and published this Guide. The PASSEPARTOUR project is made up of four volumes, each describing four different tourist itineraries "without barriers". In addition, the guide provides a map of the historical city-center, highlighting all the areas that can be navigated with complete autonomy, or with the support of a helper. In addition, Kinoa has developed the navigation app Kimap, which acts as a companion tool to the guide for the mobility of disabled people. Kimap can be downloaded for free on every smartphone: the app shows the most accessible path to reach your desired destination and is constantly updated. We hope that this project will contribute to improve the tourist experi- ence for those visiting our marvellous City, opening the doors to its extraordinary heritage. Cecilia Del Re Councilor for Tourism of the City of Florence Florence is a world heritage site and as such it must be accessible to all, without exclusion. -
Arch 150 Appreciation of Architecture 1 Fall 2016 • Prof
Arch 150 Appreciation of Architecture 1 Fall 2016 • Prof. Alex Anderson Test 4 Study Guide (test available Thurs 12/8 at 6:00 pm until Sat 12/10 at 6:00 pm) The test is open book. You may use any resource you like, as long as you work on your own. It is 30 questions, 40 minutes. Lectures Covered: Construction 2 Byzantine and Carolingian Early Islamic Romanesque Gothic Readings in the text: Pages 133-46, 153-160, 172-175, 177-249 Buildings (quite a few buildings in a few lectures!): Construction 2: Fontenay Abbey Don’t worry about specific buildings St. Michael Hildesheim Concentrate on terms and ideas St. Sernin, Toulouse St. Foy, Conques Byzantine and Carolingian: Santiago de Compastella Old St. Peter’s, Rome Speyer Cathedral Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome St. Etienne, Caen Santa Costanza, Rome Durham Cathedral Orthodox Baptistery, Ravenna San Miniato al Monte, Florence Hagia Sophia, Constantinople St. Front, Périgueux San Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna Pisa Cathedral San Vitale, Ravenna Church San Marco, Venice Baptistery Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen Campanile Early Islamic Gothic Ka’ba, Mecca St. Denis, Paris Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem Notre Dame, Paris Great Mosque, Damascus Notre Dame, Chartres Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Samarra Sainte-Chapelle, Paris Great Mosque, Córdoba Carcassonne (walls) Alhambra, Granada Salisbury Cathedral Sultan Han, Kayseri Lincoln Cathedral King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Romanesque: Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence Castle Rising, Norfolk Church Dover Castle, Dover Baptistery Ávila, Spain (walls and -
Basilica Di San Miniato Al Monte
Scuola Secondaria di I grado Pio X Artigianelli – Firenze Arte e Immagine – Prof. Fortunato Rao Basilica di San Miniato al Monte Storia. Ci troviamo davanti ad una delle chiese più antiche di Firenze (pensate che la prima testimonianza storica, cioè documentata, di una chiesa a Firenze dedicata a San Miniato risale al 783, in un diploma di Carlo Magno). Secondo la tradizione fu costruita sulla tomba di Miniato, principe armeno, convertitosi al cristianesimo e venuto a Firenze dove è stato ucciso, tra il 249 ed il 251 d.C. durante le persecuzioni dell’Imperatore Decio, diventando così il primo martire cristiano della città romana di Florentia. Qui la storia e la leggenda si sovrappongono: quest’ultima narra che Miniato, dopo essere stato decapitato lungo le rive dell’Arno - subito fuori dalla città romana - raccolse la propria testa, se la mise sotto il braccio e venne a morire sul monte dove aveva vissuto, come eremita, nei suoi anni fiorentini. All’inizio, sulla sua tomba, fu costruito un piccolo oratorio che divenne ben presto luogo di pellegrinaggio e, successivamente, sede del monastero benedettino (i monaci benedettini qui vivono e sono ancora i custodi di questo luogo). Nel 1013, in prossimità della porta a sinistra della facciata (per questo si chiama “porta santa”) furono rinvenute le spoglie del santo e così, per decisione del vescovo Ildebrando, fu iniziata la costruzione dell’attuale basilica. Quando entreremo nella Basilica, sul pavimento intarsiato, all’inizio della navata centrale, troveremo un’iscrizione che riporta la data “1207”: è la data in cui furono ultimati i lavori di costruzione che - perciò - durarono circa 200 anni. -
Entire Triptych
National Gallery of Art NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART ONLINE EDITIONS Italian Paintings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Agnolo Gaddi Florentine, c. 1350 - 1396 Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych] shortly before 1387 tempera on poplar panel left panel (overall): 197 × 80 cm (77 9/16 × 31 1/2 in.) middle panel (overall): 204 × 80 cm (80 5/16 × 31 1/2 in.) right panel (overall): 194.6 × 80 cm (76 5/8 × 31 1/2 in.) Inscription: left panel, across the bottom below the saints: S. ANDREAS AP[OSTO]L[U]S; S. BENEDICTUS ABBAS; left panel, on the book held by St. Benedict: AUSCU / LTA.O/ FILI.PR / ECEPTA / .MAGIS / [T]RI.ET.IN / CLINA.AUREM / CORDIS.T / UI[ET]A[D]MONITIONE / M.PII.PA / TRIS.LI / BENTE / R.EXCIP / E.ET.EF[FICACITER COMPLE] (Harken, O son, to the precepts of the master and incline the ear of your heart and willingly receive the admonition of the pious father and efficiently);[1] middle panel, across the bottom: AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS [TECUM] (Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; from Luke 1:28); middle panel, on the book held by the Redeemer in the gable: EGO SUM / A[ET] O PRINCI / PIU[M] [ET] FINIS / EGO SUM VI / A. VERITAS / [ET] VITA (I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, I am the way, the truth, and the life; from John 14:6; Revelations 22:13); right panel, across the bottom under the saints: S. -
Advisory Mission to the World Heritage Site of the Historic Centre of Florence, Italy
REPORT JOINT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE/ ICOMOS ADVISORY MISSION TO THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF FLORENCE, ITALY 22-25 May 2017 Cover: View across the city towards Santa Croce, from the belvedere of the Bardini Garden This report is jointly prepared by the mission members: Ms Isabelle Anatole-Gabriel (UNESCO World Heritage Centre) and Mr Paul Drury (ICOMOS International). 2 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................. 6 1. BACKGROUND TO THE MISSION ........................................................................................... 8 2. NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLICY FOR PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ...... 9 3. IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES .............................................................. 10 3.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 10 3.2. Airport expansion ................................................................................................................... 11 3.3. The High Speed Rail Link ...................................................................................................... 12 3.4. Mobility in the historic centre and the developing tram system .................................. 13 Context ................................................................................................................................................ -
Fall 2020 Newsletter
Volume IV | November 11, 2020 Fall 2020 Newsletter Dear Friends of Florence, Bentornati! We hope you had a wonderful summer even under these challenging circumstances. We also hope that you are enjoying the Friends of Florence Stories we have been sending to your email boxes. The videos remind us of what we have accomplished together thus far and why the work is so important. They provide context through time-lapse photography as the projects are restored by our extraordinary conservation teams. The before-and-after photography is always surprising even to those of us familiar with the projects. It is a rare experience to watch these sublime artworks and architectural masterpieces be revived as the tolls of passing centuries are mitigated. We are deeply grateful for you, our partners, and the conservators who take superb care of our treasures. Whether conducted in laboratories or on-site, the projects captured on camera help tell our story. Please feel free to share the magic with friends and family—they are posted regularly to our website. On to news of our projects, most of which have resumed as coronavirus restrictions have lifted! News Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietá and David Since we began our journey to safeguard Florence's cultural heritage, we have given special attention to the restoration of Michelangelo Buonarroti's (1475-1564) works. Together with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, we embarked on a fascinating project in November 2019 to restore the Bandini Pietà, a true masterpiece the artist sculpted and tried to destroy in his final years. The restoration has restarted in the “open” work site in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo enabling visitors to see the process first-hand. -
Natural Hazards and Cultural Heritage in Florence: the Slope Instability Story of Monte Alle Croci
Giornale di Geologia Applicata 1 (2005) 123 –130, doi: 10.1474/GGA.2005-01.0-12.0012 Natural hazards and cultural heritage in Florence: the slope instability story of Monte alle Croci Canuti P.1, Casagli N. 1, Fanti R. 1, Agostini G. 2, Margottini C. 2 1 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Università di Firenze 2 ENEA, C.R. Casaccia, Roma ABSTRACT. Monte alle Croci was the scenery of many historical and artistic events since the Roman period and played an important role in the history of Florence. Some of these facts are connected with the slope instability of the area, firstly investigated by Leonardo da Vinci. The current urban layout, projected by Giuseppe Poggi when the city became the capital of Italy (1864-1877), is a response to these landslide problems. In this paper a review of the instability evolution throughout the last five centuries is presented and it is aimed to frame the present monitoring instruments. A large network of extensometers, inclinometers and piezometers is actually working, even if the data are not easily interpretable. Additional information is expected from some new instruments set up in 2002 and from the reconstruction of the past earth handling. Key terms: Cultural Heritage, Slope Instability, Monte alle Croci, Hydro-geological Risk Monte alle Croci in the artistic and historical Middle Ages) represents the most famous of these gentle events of Florence heights, because of its significance landscape and its monuments of inestimable cultural, historic and artistic The southern extremity of the historic center of Florence, on value. the hydrographical left side of the Arno river, is bordered by According to an unverified chronicle, the area was a series of hills, known as Colli Fiorentini, which yield an uninhabited until 62 A.D., when a group of Christians, evocative panorama of the city with its artworks and dispatched by St.