Title The Chapel of the Magi : Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence / edited by Cristina Acidini Luchinat ; [translated by Eleanor Daunt]

Published [London] ; [New York, N.Y.] : Thames and Hudson, [1994] ©1994

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Description 387 pages : 203 illustrations(184 color) ; 28cm Contents The Chapel of the Magi / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- A Neoplatonic Pavement / Maria Teresa Bartoli -- The Adoration of the Child by the Workshop of Filippo Lippi / Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi -- The Chapel of the Magi: The Procession of the Magi / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The East Wall -- The South Wall -- The South-West Corner -- The West Wall -- The Side Bands -- The Choirs of Angels / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The West Wall of the Chancel -- The East Wall of the Chancel -- The Altar Wall -- The Chapel of the Magi in Benozzo Gozzoli's Oeuvre / Anna Padoa Rizzo -- The Medici and Citizens in The Procession of the Magi: A Portrait of a Society / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The Restoration of the Pictorial Cycle Summary It is in the details, with their vivid brushwork, that the magic of these frescoes resides: costumes, jewels, weapons, trees, distant castles, flowers, birds of all kinds, animals, streams, rocks - and faces, many of them identifiable portraits of Gozzoli's Florentine contemporaries, notably the powerful Medici themselves The Medici family chapel is a jewel-like room and, despite changes that have been made to it over the years, it houses the best preserved of Renaissance fresco cycles These remarkable photographs were taken after the chapel's recent cleaning: not only do the colors glow with a new brilliance, but features have been revealed that could not have been seen before. The photographs are complemented by lucid texts which examine the chapel as a whole, its art-historical context, the individual murals and the problems and procedures involved in the conservation of the paintings This is the procession of the Magi on their way to worship the newborn Christ, painted in the chapel of the Palazzo Medici, Florence, in 1459. The artist was Benozzo Gozzoli, formerly an assistant of Fra Angelico. For their sheer beauty, their precision, and their almost fairy-tale-like quality, these frescoes have always been among the most popular of all Western paintings This magnificent volume reproduces the frescoes in all their glory, taking us through the chapel wall by wall - showing the entire surface and then series of details reproduced in actual size A glittering cavalcade of men and animals winds through a rocky landscape under an azure sky. The men are dressed in all the luxury of Italian fifteenth-century fashions, in brilliant colors, damask, gold brocade. They ride horses and camels with various exotic creatures to amuse them - dogs, cheetahs, peacocks and monkeys. In the background are forests and picturesque towered towns Analysis Italy Paintings Notes Translation of La Capella dei Magi Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-385) and index Includes index Notes Translation of: La Cappella dei Magi Subject Benozzo, di Lese, 1420-1497 -- Criticism and interpretation. Benozzo, di Lese, 1420-1497. Benozzo, di Lese, 1420-1497. Journey of the Magi. Benozzo, di Lese, 1420-1497. Cavalcade of the Magi Palazzo Medici Riccardi. San Lorenzo (Church : Florence, Italy) Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Florence -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 Magi -- Art. Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- 15th century. Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Florence -- 15th century. Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Florence. Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence. Painting, Italian -- 15th century. Painting, Italian -- Italy -- Florence -- 15th century. Palazzo Medici Riccardi (Florence, Italy) Author Acidini Luchinat, Cristina, 1951- Palazzo Medici Riccardi. LC no. 94060292 ISBN 0500236917

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