Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Magi Chapel Ceiling
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Magi Chapel Ceiling
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Image View:
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Detail of ceiling in the scarsella, over the altar and part of the main ceiling
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Creator:
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Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (Italian architect, 1396-1472)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Camillo Cavour, 3
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GPS:
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+43.7752+11.255429
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Date:
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ca. 1458 (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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chapel (room or structure)
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Work Type 2:
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coffer (ceiling component)
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Classification:
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architectural elements
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Material:
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wood; gesso; paint; gilding
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Technique:
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carving (processes); gilding (technique)
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Description:
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The chapel is composed of two square rooms, one larger and one smaller. The latter, known as the scarsella contains the altar, and has two small sacristies at the sides. The chapel was built by Michelozzo before 1459, on a corridor leading to the bedrooms on the first floor of the palazzo. The chapel was immediately decorated with the splendid floor of inlaid ancient marble and with a carved wooden ceiling, painted and gilded. Michelozzo also joined the Compagnia de’ Magi (Company of Magi), whose members included the Medici. (Source: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi [website]; http://www.palazzo-medici.it/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-GOZZ-JMB-L03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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