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Category: Bologna

February 26, 2017August 31, 2019 by Jessica In Bologna, Italy

Bologna from Above, or (Almost) Death by Mist

February 12, 2017August 31, 2019 by Jessica In Bologna, Italy

La dotta, la grassa, la rossa

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Florence from above is spectacular 🤎

It was Brunelleschi’s hope that the interior of the dome of the cathedral would be covered in gold mosaics, which would have made the most of the available light coming in through the circular windows and the lantern at the cusp. After his death, however, that part of the project was scrapped, and the dome’s interior walls were whitewashed. It was Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici who decided to commission Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari to cover it with a representation of the Last Judgment. The quality of the work is uneven because while Vasari used true fresco (which painted onto wet plaster), Zuccari used in secco (which painted onto it dry).

Arnolfo di Cambio, original architect of the Florence duomo, died in 1302, and so leadership of the project passed on to Giotto, with the help of Andrea Pisano. Giotto’s name lives on to this day in the church’s bell tower, which is known as Giotto’s Campanile ⚜️

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria dei Fiore is built on the site of what was the city’s second cathedral, dedicated to Saint Reparata. The City Council of Florence then decided to commission Arnolfo di Cambio, architect of the Palazzo Vecchio and Basilica di Santa Croce, to create a new church for the city in 1294. It wasn’t until 1436 that it was finally completed ⚜️

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My name is Jessica and I live in Madrid, Spain. I’m obsessed with dogs (this is important) and have a tendency to take way too many pictures when I travel (which doesn’t happen often enough). I like cold weather, morning light, and empty museums.

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