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Many important artists have been living in Florence during the centuries, invited by the Dukes of the city, or attracted by the monuments and by the works of art created by other artists florence pictures. Monuments, paintings, city architecture, are the result of the work of artists as Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Leonardo Da Vinci and many others. In this section artists' monographs are proposed. In each chapter you can find the biography, the principal works of art and many related pictures. This section is continuously updated in order to add new artists, pictures and news. In order to help tourists finding the described works of art, locations (or museums) are indicated for each painting, sculpture, florence pictures. In this section you can see lots of pictures of Florence. We are working hard in order to add new Florence pictures. Photographers are working to capture new corners of the city, and we are ready to show here new arrivals. To see enlarged pics just click on the thumbnails. To download photos click, open the large pic and download florence pictures. In this section you can see lots of pictures of Florence. We are working hard in order to add new Florence pictures. florence pictures. In this section it's possible to see a Florence map. This map of Florence represents also monuments and other stuff. Following the link at the end of this page it's possible to see a Florence map with hotels locations.
florence pictures, Filippo Brunelleschi was born in Florence in 1377. His father was called Brunellesco Di Lippo and he was a notary. Brunellesco wanted his son to study laws to become a notary one day, but Filippo liked the art and his great passion took him to study arts.
In 1401 Florence's Lordship announced a contest to sculpture the Baptistry's door. Brunelleschi and Ghiberti won the contest but the door was carved by Ghiberti only. Brunelleschi began to draw monumental architectures and to study the Classic monuments. From 1404 to 1418 Filippo designed the Duomo Chapel, one of the most famous design in the human history. florence pictures; programmi gestionali assicurazioni The " Spinapesce" internal structure supports the great Chapel without any horizontal load bearings, giving the heavy structure the lightness we can observe.
The Gothic style of the Chapel allows to see the essential structures of the Chapel, built without any kind of external decorations. florence pictures , other important projects of Brunellescchi are: The Innocenti Hospital, San Lorenzo Sagrestia, S. Spirito Church, The Pazzi Chapel, Pitti Palace.
Brunelleschi died in 1446 in Florence, under his " Cupola". The city of Florence owes great part of its success to this artist and architect florence pictures. Giorgio Vasari was born in 1511 in Arezzo. He began to study art and art history in his native city. In 1524 he went to Florence where worked in the art laboratories directed by Andrea del Sarto and Andrea Bandinelli. In 1527 when the Medici family was driven out by the revolutionary people he left the city following Ippolito Medici in Rome. He met Michelangelo in Rome and continued to study painting and architecture. From 1554 he began to work at a lot of project in Florence, florence pictures, and in other Tuscany cities. In particular he work on the paintings decorations of Palazzo Vecchio, and of the Uffizzi palaces. In Pisa he designed the palace and the Church of Santo Stefano cavaliers. He died in 1574 in Florence. You can download pictures of Florence in this section.
At the beginning of 1400 AD Florence, as many others Italian cities, was governed by a Lordship. In particular there were many important families aspiring to leadership; Medici's family was one of those. They managed to gain power writing Florence history for many years.
They became rich because of their ability in commerce and trade. In 1433-1434 "Cosimo de Medici" fought, by common people side, the rich oligarchy dominating Florence. After that he was the triumphing and well-liked Lord of Florence, florence pictures. The public opinion put Florence in his hands because he was able to take wise decisions for the city and to govern in peace. Cosimo signed many peace treaties with the most important Lordships in Italy to ensure a period of quiet and stillness. During this period art and culture were incremented by the Duke that loved to be surrounded by the most famous artists of the period. After Cosimo, florence pictures, Piero de Medici became Lord and after him Lorenzo "il Magnifico" governed the city. Many times the opposite families tried to drive the Medici out from the city but this never happened for many years. Piero, succeeding Lorenzo, was not so able to govern Florence and because of wrong decisions he was driven out. The Florentine Republic was founded (1494-1530). Florence pictures are available for download.
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