The pazzi chapel is similar to the old sacristy of san lorenzo in several ways.
Pazzi chapel roof.
The pazzi chapel fits into a timeline of renaissance architectural history like a piece of a puzzle that cannot be removed.
Reorientation of architecture from roman prototypes.
Facade of the pazzi chapel.
Commonly credited to filippo brunelleschi it is considered to be one of the masterpieces of renaissance architecture.
The graceful roof.
The attribution to brunelleschi of this part of the structure is still a subject of discussion among the scholars some attributing the chapel to michelozzo rossellino or giuliano da maiano.
Detail of the doric columns.
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Around 1430 the rich florentine banker andrea de pazzi commissioned filippo brunelleschi to build a chapel in the santa croce complex the chapel was to function as a burial place for his family and also as a chapter house a meeting room for the monks.
The way i see it it s part of a series of centrally planned spaces spaces based on squares and circles and perfect geometries a concept first explored by brunelleschi.
Outline of the chapel from piazza santa croce.
The central dome is decorated with round sculptures and the coat of arms of pazzi family two paired dolphins made of glazed terracotta works by luca della robbia.
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Lunettes in glaced terracotta with saints.
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Interior of the pazzi chapel dome in the porch the pazzi chapel italian.
Cappella dei pazzi is a chapel located in the first cloister on the southern flank of the basilica di santa croce in florence italy.
Private chapel for the wealthy.
Both have hemispherical umbrella domes containing twelve compartments that are each pierced by an oculus.