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Saint Spirito is one of the main basilicas of the city
of Florence, situated in omonima the public square in the quarter of
Oltrarno. He came constructed on the rests of the ancient
Agostiniano convent destroyed from a fire in 1471. After a long
planning it was beginnings ata from Filippo
Brunelleschi in 1444, like basilica to three navate contiguous to the
monastero, and was the last great work of the master. After its
passing happened in 1446, the yard passed to the hands of three
follows to us, Antonio Throttles, Giovanni from Gaiole and Knows you
of Andrea, the last one of which realized also the cupola from 1479 to
1481, always on plan of the Brunelleschi.La basilica, in the external
part not rispecchia but the idea of the master who previewed one first
of all great facade to four doors in order to prevent the axial vision
of the church just from the income. The embedded position of the
same one in an angle of the public square, rather than to the center
as many other basilicas and churches had pushed it to dare. The
lateral absidiole as very it is looked at were initially semicircular
in order to break off the linear vision of the church. Also the navata one centers them and the transetto they
were anch' they modified covering them with a controsoffitto instead
that of it originates them time to botte
The hand of Brunelleschi is revealed however in its more
typical classicità: the navate ones scandite from columns in
stone with capitelli corinzi that support it arches to all sixth from
the typical grey frames in serene stone on the lime background white
woman. Regarding the Basilica of S an Lorenzo
the inside in of Saint Spirito appears still airier and elegant,
thanks to the cupola and transetto the more complex that is grafted in
the extensions of the navata one. The light enters from the
numerous windows, while the lateral nails head are ollowed without
pause on all the perimeter of the church, turning also behind the
altar. Given its numerous participations of progettuale
modification, century was completed alone alla fine del XV in order
then to endure ulterior modifications like added del the baroque
canopy of Giovanni Cacchini and Gherardo Silvani (1599-1608), built up
over the greater altar. Beautiful? perhaps. But the
perspective vision of the navata one has altered in drastic way all
the harmonic intentional proportions from the enclosed Brunelleschi
centers them. The inner facade instead was realized from Knows
you of Andrea (1483-87) and conserve still the quattrocentesca vetrata
one with the Pentacost realized on design of the Perugino while it
walls them external came only intonacate to the end of XVIII the
century, when it came intonacato. The bell tower is of Baccio d'
Agnolo of 1503.
The lateral altars of the navata one
"the church possesses 38 lateral altars very,
decorates a richest equipment to you of treasures and works of art.
The Corbinelli nails head boast an altar of the Sacramento di
Andrea Sansovino (1492), the Madonna in throne and know you of Cosimo
Rosselli, the Saintest Trinità between the Maddalena and Santa
Caterina of Alexandria and the Madonna in throne and know you of
Donnino and Agnolo of the Mazziere.
The new requirements of a devozionale, simple and clear
painting, carried in XVI the century to new pittoriche commission for
the shovels of some of these altars: they go back to this age
the three Gloomy pictures of Pier Francisco (of 1537 Dispute and,
Resurrezione Trasfigurazione 1545 of the Immaculate Conception of
1546)."
The transetto
In the nails head of the transetto interesting
paintings are received quattrocenteschi, between which the Madonna
with Child and Saint Gi ovannino, Saint Martino and
Santa Caterina to martire of Philippine Lippi, painted in 1493 for the
Nerli Nail head, where are represent also the same committenti to you.
The De Nail head Red of Bernardo Buontalenti and is
decorated from marbles and sculptures. Behind the greater altar
other altars are arranged, between which the martyrdoms of Ararat
detach two Bay burlaps of Alexander very (diecimila and the Christ and
adulterates it).
In the skillful part they detach of burlaps of the
beginning of the 500 (manierismo), as the "Santa.monica and the
Agostiniane nuns" of Francisco Botticini (Bini-Capponi Nail head) and
the "Madonna and still knows you" of Raffaellino of the Garbo and the
"Madonna of the Calvary" of the Ceraiolo.
Curiosità
In an other nail head he is visible coretto
settecentesco thanks to which Marquises Frescobaldi could participate
to the liturgy from their contiguous private palace to the church
without make themselves to see from the people.
The sacrestia
In bottom to the left side it is approached the
vestibolo, than conserve pregevole realized ceiling to cassettoni from
Andrea Sansovino in 1491. The sacrestia adjacent to the
vestibolo the "Report" has been begun from Giuliano from Sangallo in
1489 to octagonal plant came capacity to termione from Antonio of the
said Pollaiolo. Conserve Bay the devozionale painting of
Alexander, "Saint Fiacre" that reorganizes makes ill it (1596), a
collegabile French saint to the committenza of Cristina di Lorena,
consorte of Ferdinand de' the Doctors. Here the Crocifisso is
found also, juvenile work of Michelangelo.
Curiosità
Michelangelo was accommodated in the convent of
Saint Spirito in 1492 to 17 years, where, with the complicity of the
priore, it had the possibility to scorticare corpses coming from from
the hospital of the convent in order to study of the anatomy:
just thanks to this experience that Michelangelo became
unsurpassable in representing every the human body in its smaller
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