Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (Florence, Italy) : East elevation and cornice, general view, from the south

Creator:

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, 1396-1472

Published/Created:

Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1444 ; expanded 1670 (alteration)

Date Depicted:

9/1/1994
500 AD - 1499 AD

Materials:

brick

Notes:

Michelozzo's design for the Palazzo Medici (now Palazzo Medici-Riccardi; 1444), Florence, may have been inspired by Brunelleschi's grandiose design, which had been rejected, perhaps because it was considered incompatible with Cosimo de' Medici's political and cultural image. Michelozzo's design, however, with its relatively regular plan organized around a central colonnaded courtyard, its rear garden flanked by loggias, and with its three-storey façades crowned by massive cornices, became a model for early Renaissance architecture.

Variant Titles:

Palazzo Medici

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 15th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Renaissance

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A1-MD-PM-A3

Genre:

architecture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Medici family construction buildings; dwellings; houses; town houses; palazzi rusticated base

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Base Collection

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
9/1/1994

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10090720

PID:

digcoll:1825470