Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (Florence, Italy) : Aerial view, from the top of the Duomo
- 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-A1
- 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 aerial views
- 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:
- 10090718
- PID:
- digcoll:1846868