Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici with Night and Day
Image View:
Detail, the figure of Night (one of only two female nudes by Michelangelo)
Creator:
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
Location:
repository: San Lorenzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza di San Lorenzo, 9; New Sacristy
GPS:
43.7749 11.2539
Date:
1519-1534 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Renaissance
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
tomb
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Measurements:
630 cm (height) x 420 cm (width)
Relation Work:
relatedTo Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici with Dusk and Dawn
Description:
In 1519, Michelangelo was ordered by Pope Clement VII (formerly Cardinal Giulio de' Medici), to build a Medici funerary chapel at San Lorenzo (the New Sacristy). He provided both the architectural space design and the sculptural monuments. The creation of the chapel stretched over 14 years, during which time the Medici were in and out of power. Like the tomb of Julius II, this means the total scheme was not completed. What was completed were two wall tombs for Giuliano de’ Medici, Duc de Nemours, and Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino. The two later became known as the Capitani because of the Roman military uniforms worn by their effigies (which are types, not portraits). The marble frameworks and the four allegorical figures of the Times of Day for these tombs occupy the lateral walls of the chamber. The allegorical figures in particular were designed to be viewed from many different vantage-points within the chapel. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-MB-NS-TGM-B01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici with Night and Day