Episode 54: Florence: Santa Maria Novella - Strozzi Chapel
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - January 29, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 20.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History florence milan painting renaissance rome architecture art history italy sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode examines the beautiful pictorial decorations in the 14th-century Strozzi Chapel in Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy by the brothers Andrea (better known as "Orcagna") and Nardo di Cione. Almost perfectly preserved after eight centuries, the chapel also offers the extraordinary opportunity to see just exactly how these ecclesiastical spaces were used in their own day.