It is expressive as opposed to functional. Is using architecture almost as if it were sculpture. The strength and power of architectural forms thatĪre normally decorative. Here at San Lorenzo by Michelangelo, there's a feeling of Michelangelo's add another layer of height, but like other architecture And if we compare this to Brunelleschi's Old Sacristy, it seems as though It has a square apse where the altar is, but the space is much taller Work here in San Lorenzo, specifically with this funerary chapel. Pope Clement the Seventh, continued Michelangelo's Responsibility for projects here at San Lorenzo including the Laurentian Library, and then after Leo the 10th died, another Medici pope, The 10th, a Medici pope, Michelangelo was given This is a major undertaking for a long period of Michelangelo's life. He was the sculptor and the architect, and we think he intendedĪlso to be the painter, although the frescoes Although it's unfinished and although we don't understand Michelangelo's conception entirely, he did at least from afar oversee the implementation of this room. Was the parish church of the Medici family, and there are four Mediciīuried in this room. Sacristies are places where priests would dress before saying the mass, and so they're part of the church of San Lorenzo near the altar. Known as the New Sacristy, and it was made as appendant to what has become knownĪs the Old Sacristy. Now it's unfinished, so we don't know entirely This is a funerary chapelĭesigned by Michelangelo. (gentle piano music) - We're in theĬlaustrophobic space of the Medici Chapel in Florence.
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