ARTH 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: San Marco Altarpiece, San Marco, Florence, Benozzo Gozzoli
24 Nov 2016
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Nov. 3 - the great renaissance patrons - the medici. Closed garden - metaphor for the virgin"s chastity (the annunciation, veneziano) Cosimo appears as st. cosmas kneeling - in a sense in costume of his patron saint. Beside him is st. damian (brother of cosmas: they were doctors - had a special relationship w medici bc they had the name of doctors. Father of cosimo - giovanni - italian for john - standing in as john the baptist. Lorenzo as st. lawrence: picture of brothers and patriarchs of this family - paint it and put it on the altarpiece in a church they had close ties with. Re circles on carpet reminiscent of their coat of arms. They are finding a way to make this relevant to them as a family rather than to all. There are depictions of saints that are particularly relevant to them.
