San Lorenzo

A Florentine Church

Robert W. Gaston, Louis A. Waldman

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I Tatti
05 June 2017

Renaissance art; Religious buildings; History of architecture

Series: Villa I Tatti Series

This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. Brunelleschi's rebuilt Basilica, the center of liturgical patronage of the Medici and their grand-ducal successors until the nineteenth century, is today one of the most frequently studied churches in Florence. Modern research has tended, however, to focus on the remarkable art and architecture from ca. 1400–1600.

In this wide-ranging collection, scholars investigate: the urban setting of the church and its parish; San Lorenzo's relations with other ecclesiastical institutions; the genesis of individual major buildings of the complex and their decorations; the clergy, chapels and altars; the chapter's administration and financial structure; lay and clerical patronage; devotional furnishings, music, illuminated liturgical manuscripts, and preaching; as well as the annual or ephemeral festal practices on the site. Each contribution offers a profound exploration of its topic, wide-ranging in its chronological scope. One encounters here fresh archival research, the publication of relevant documents, and critical assessments of the historiography. San Lorenzo is represented in this volume as a living Florentine institution, continually reshaped by complex historical forces.

Edited by: Robert W. Gaston, Louis A. Waldman
Imprint: I Tatti
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 33
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 50mm
Weight: 2.624kg
ISBN: 9780674975675
ISBN 10: 0674975677
Series: Villa I Tatti Series
Pages: 768
Publication Date: 05 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert W. Gaston is Associate Professor and Principal Fellow, Art History, School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Louis A. Waldman is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews for San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church

The scholars go inside and out and from bottom to top, and they deal with the entire complex-the basilica's architecture, paintings, and sculpture along with that in the sacristies, cloisters, library, Medici Chapel, and piazza-and they present its role in Florentine urbanism, culture, politics, and patronage; address liturgy, preaching, music, and its personnel and operations, even a kitchen sink, neglecting almost nothing. -- C. W. Westfall * Choice *