Op zaterdag 22 April na mijn bezoek aan het Museo Stibbert (ten noorden van de stad) ben ik met bus 4 terug naar het San Marco plein gereden, maar ik heb enkel nog tijd gehad om beneden de kloostergang te bezichtigen en de eerste verdieping te bezoeken, waar de vele fresco's van Fra Angelico nog te zien zijn in de vroegere cellen van de monniken.
The present convent stands on a site occupied since the 12th century by a Vallombrosan monastery which later passed to the Silvestrines; they were driven out of San Marco in 1418, and in 1438 the convent was given to the Dominican Observants.
In 1437 Cosimo il Vecchio de’ Medici decided to rebuild the entire complex, at the suggestion of Antonino Pierozzi the Vicar-General. The work was entrusted to Michelozzo, and the decoration of the walls was carried out between 1439 and 1444 by Giovanni of Fiesole, known as Fra Angelico, and his assistants, who included Benozzo Gozzoli.
The church was consecrated in 1443 in the presence of Pope Eugenius IV.
The 14th-century structure was modified by Michelozzo; further alterations were made in the later 16th century by Giambologna, and in 1678 by Pier Francesco Silvani.
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| Savonarolas cel |
In de tweede cel, waar je via een trapje vanuit de eerste cel komt, is op de achterwand een grote schildering van de Aanbidding der koningen. Dit fresco is waarschijnlijk geschilderd door de hoofdassistent in het atelier van Fra Angelico: Benozzo Gozzoli.In cel achtendertig is een kruisiging geschilderd. De naamheilige van Cosimo is duidelijk te zien
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| In the Guest House there are numerous fragments of stone carvings, rescued from the ruins when the Jewish quarter and the old market in Florence were demolished in the mid-19th century. |
Vrijdag 5 Mei keer ik terug naar San Marco om de zalen van het gelijkvloers en de kerk te bezoeken.
We komen terug binnen in de kloostergang met de mooie fresco's.
Van hieruit kunnen de de andere schatten van het museum bezichtigen.
In the Chapter House, he painted a complex and allegorical Crucifixion,
finished in 1442.
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The Sala dell’Ospizio, where pilgrims were received, is now a gallery where many of Fra Angelico’s most important panel paintings have been gathered together. They include the Deposition painted for Palla Strozzi, the Pala di San Marco, commissioned by the Medici.
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Tabernacle of the Linaioli, made in 1433-1434
with the assistance of Lorenzo Ghiberti, who designed the frame. |
In the other rooms of the Museum on the ground floor, such as the Lavabo and the two Refectories, are displayed works by the principal Florentine painters of the 15th and 16th century: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Alesso Baldovinetti, Giovanni Antonio Sogliani and Fra Bartolomeo.
La Basilica
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| La statua di Savonarola (1498), frate domenicano italiano e attivo predicatore nella Firenze del Rinascimento. Era conosciuto per le sue profezie sulla gloria civica, sulla distruzione dell'arte e della cultura secolare e per i suoi appelli al rinnovamento cristiano. |
Na afloop van mijn bezoek neem ik bus 7 naar Fiesole (20 min)Zie volgende post
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