Santa Maria del Carmine (Florence)
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 Florence , Italy
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| Construction year | 1268 |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 46 '4.8 " N , 11 ° 14' 38" E |
Santa Maria del Carmine is a Catholic church on the south side of the Arno in Florence . The church has had the title of minor basilica since 1955 .
The church, which is consecrated to Our Lady on Mount Carmel , was built from 1268 as part of a Carmelite monastery that still exists today . Only a few Romanesque - Gothic remains on the sides of the original building have survived. The monastery complex was expanded for the first time in 1328 and then in 1464 when the chapter house and refectory were built. The single-nave church retained the layout of the Latin cross .
As with many other churches in Florence (such as San Lorenzo ) the facade was left unfinished; the planned incrustations were no longer carried out. After the building had been rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 16th and 17th centuries , the church was badly damaged by a fire in 1771. The sacristy was spared from the fire, so some works of art have been preserved there. The interior of the church was rebuilt in 1782 in the Rococo style , while the vault was painted illusionistically .
The most important chapel, the Brancacci Chapel , was also preserved. The painting shows 15 scenes from the life of the apostle Peter and is one of the most important fresco cycles of the early Renaissance in Florence. This was started by Masolino in 1424 , significantly expanded by Masaccio in 1427 and completed by Fra Filippino Lippi in 1485 . The Brancacci Chapel was reopened to the public in 1990 after years of restoration work (financed by the Italian computer company Olivetti ). A large Masaccio exhibition was opened on this occasion in June 1990. The restoration of the Masaccio frescoes is comparable to that of the Michelangelo frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City; the most important fresco is Der Zinsgroschen .
literature
- Georges Duby : The time of the cathedrals. Art and Society 980–1420 (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft. 1011). 2nd Edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-518-28611-0 , p. 481.
- Rolando Fusi, Piero Fusi: Florence. Bonechi, Florenz 1977, p. 147.
- Rolf Toman (ed.): The art of the Italian Renaissance. Architecture - sculpture - painting - drawing. Könemann, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-89508-054-3 , p. 240.
- Klaus Zimmermanns: Florence. A European center of art. History, monuments, collections. 6th edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1441-8 , p. 379.
See also
Web links
- Brancacci Chapel , Der Spiegel 23/1988