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19-MAR-2016

Firenze. Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Cosimo de' Medici chose Benozzo Gozzoli to decorate the chapel. The pictorial program of the chapel is also structured in two parts: the Procession of the Magi in the main room and the Adoration of the Child in the chancel with the Angels worshipping on the side walls. The ceiling is decorated by a diamond-pointed ring in a halo with a loop that bears the motto of Piero de' Medici, semper, and within it inside a glory the monogram of Christ, JHS, as used for St Bernardino of Siena.The Procession of the Magi extends across the east, south and west walls of the main room above the encircling benches. These three walls were painted in about 150 working days, and each represents one of the Three Kings. The east wall leads off with the youngest king, the story continues on the south wall with the middle king, and ends on the west wall with the oldest king. An unusual feature of this depiction is that the procession does not arrive at the manger. The double walls explain the good state of preservation of the frescoes, which were thus protected from damp. Originally it was relatively dark in the chapel, for the two small oculi only admitted a little light. In the torch and candlelight that illuminated the room, the shining gold and metal layers on the paintings must have had a powerful effect.

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Stefano Dei12-Jun-2016 08:25
Collezione di assoluto rilievo Jose!
Dettagli architettonici infiniti.
Bravo.
MarcViskens08-Jun-2016 20:02
wow José
stunning composition
well done
Julie Oldfield30-Apr-2016 15:48
Fabulous. V
elstan30-Apr-2016 02:03
Beautiful work and capture! *V*
Walter Otto Koenig30-Apr-2016 01:24
Amazing and beautiful decoration. Cool effect with the fisheye. "V"
Allan Jay30-Apr-2016 00:21
Excellent fisheye results!
Jeff Real29-Apr-2016 23:45
This sia work of photographic genius ~V~
coaster29-Apr-2016 21:35
A beautiful ceiling and another excellent fisheye capture.
Ken Chambers ARPS29-Apr-2016 21:22
Very well captured, Jose
Jim Coffman29-Apr-2016 20:39
Simply amazing, Jose!
Frank Tran29-Apr-2016 20:26
Nicely composed and captured. V+
Hank Vander Velde29-Apr-2016 20:07
Beautiful ceiling and art well captured with your wide lens Jose.
Helen Betts29-Apr-2016 19:49
Fantastic capture with that fisheye lens. V
gerard belbeoch29-Apr-2016 19:37
une belle photo de florence
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