Pazzi Chapel Roof

The graceful roof.

Pazzi chapel roof.

The way i see it it s part of a series of centrally planned spaces spaces based on squares and circles and perfect geometries a concept first explored by brunelleschi. The attribution to brunelleschi of this part of the structure is still a subject of discussion among the scholars some attributing the chapel to michelozzo rossellino or giuliano da maiano. Detail of the doric columns. Facade of the pazzi chapel.

Around 1430 the rich florentine banker andrea de pazzi commissioned filippo brunelleschi to build a chapel in the santa croce complex the chapel was to function as a burial place for his family and also as a chapter house a meeting room for the monks. Interior of the pazzi chapel dome in the porch the pazzi chapel italian. Outline of the chapel from piazza santa croce. The pazzi chapel is similar to the old sacristy of san lorenzo in several ways.

The pazzi chapel fits into a timeline of renaissance architectural history like a piece of a puzzle that cannot be removed. Series of pilasters look like flat columns colonnades series of columns entablature horizontal element above columns between that and roof and cornice. Lunettes in glaced terracotta with saints. Mark saint george feast of herod madonna of the clouds david equestrian monument of gattamelata mary magdalene leon battista alberti palazzo rucellai alberti façade of santa maria novella florence sant andrea mantua.

Pazzi chapel santo spirito orsanmichele and donatello s saint mark florence nanni di banco four crowned saints donatello st. Cappella dei pazzi is a chapel located in the first cloister on the southern flank of the basilica di santa croce in florence italy. The central dome is decorated with round sculptures and the coat of arms of pazzi family two paired dolphins made of glazed terracotta works by luca della robbia. Reorientation of architecture from roman prototypes.

Located on the southern flank of the great franciscan church the pazzi chapel was begun after 1442 although an agreement with brunelleschi may have been made more than a decade earlier the pazzi chapel was designed with a twelve ribbed hemispherical dome on pendentives above a square extended into an oblong by the addition of barrel vaulted bays on two of its sides. Piazza santa croce photo travelatueu on pixabay pazzi chapel an architectural highlight of florence. Private chapel for the wealthy.