Book contents
- Wall Painting, Civic Ceremony, and Sacred Space in Early Renaissance Italy
- Wall Painting, Civic Ceremony, and Sacred Space in Early Renaissance Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One “Larger, More Ornate, and More Seemly”
- Chapter Two “A Most Devout Place”
- Chapter Three “Most Holy and Unique in the World”
- Chapter Four Rome in Spoleto
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter Three - “Most Holy and Unique in the World”
Filippo de’ Medici, Benozzo Gozzoli, and the Completion of the Camposanto in the Fifteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
Book contents
- Wall Painting, Civic Ceremony, and Sacred Space in Early Renaissance Italy
- Wall Painting, Civic Ceremony, and Sacred Space in Early Renaissance Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One “Larger, More Ornate, and More Seemly”
- Chapter Two “A Most Devout Place”
- Chapter Three “Most Holy and Unique in the World”
- Chapter Four Rome in Spoleto
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 describes the imagery and production of the murals of the Old Testament in the Camposanto of Pisa completed in by Benozzo Gozzoli in 1484. Archbishop Filippo de’ Medici’s (1426–74) role in the commission is placed in the expanded context of his patronage and diplomacy throughout a long, distinguished career. These murals, painted during Pisa’s subjection to Florence, enhanced an impressive locus of Pisan identity and pride, while signalling the political reality of Florentine control.
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