Florence Baptistery (Florence, Italy) : Close view of the lantern
- Creator:
- unknown (Italian)
- Published/Created:
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
ca. 1000-1399 (inclusive) - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- marble (white Carrara and green Prato marble)
mosaics - Notes:
- Most famous for its three sets of bronze doors, the Baptistery is the oldest extant building in Florence. Excavations have revealed various floor-levels below the Baptistery's inlaid marble base, and these fragments suggest that there was a building of some size on the site, possibly as early as the Roman period. The date of the present building is controversial, but it is now thought likely that it is a 6th- or 7th-century structure, although it has also been attributed to the 11th century: there was a consecration in 1059. The geometric facing was applied in this period, but the striped angle pilasters were added during the 13th century; the lantern dates from ca. 1150. An inscription on the mosaics of the apse indicates that it was begun ca. 1225 and, according to Giovanni Villani, the mosaics of the main vault were virtually completed by 1325.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 11th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Italy -- 12th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Italy -- 13th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Early Christian
Romanesque - Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-F-BS-C7
- 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; New Testament; saints construction ; mosaic buildings; religious buildings; baptisteries; visual works; mosaics (visual works) lantern
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - 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:
- 10094670
- PID:
- digcoll:1853281