FLORENCE ITINERARIES CONTENTS. Introduction 1. Pre-Medicean Florence ( ) 1. Medicean Florence ( ) 2

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1 FLORENCE ITINERARIES CONTENTS Introduction 1 Pre-Medicean Florence ( ) 1 Medicean Florence ( ) 2 Savonarola and Machiavelli ( ) 4 Florence INTRODUCTION You are encouraged to visit Florence during travel week. The following itineraries are intended to be enjoyable. They are also a way in which you can get to know Florence better. Each itinerary matches a seminar. Particularly important items are marked with an *. For further details, the following guidebooks are recommended: Borsook, Eve, The Companion Guide to Florence (London, 1997) Jepson, Tim, et al., The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria, 5 th ed. (London, 2003) Macadam, Alta, Florence, Blue Guide, 8th ed. (London, 2001) Various, Firenze e Provincia, Touring Club Italiano, 7 th ed. (Milan, 1993) PRE-MEDICEAN FLORENCE ( ) Baptistery. Exterior: *north and east doors. XXIII. Interior: tomb of antipope John Duomo. Exterior: *the cupola. Interior: frescoes of the mercenary captains John Hawkwood and Niccolò da Tolentino. Campanile Museo dell Opera del Duomo. Interior: *Ghiberti, panels from the east door of the Baptistery; bas reliefs from the Campanile; exhibition on the building of the cupola. Loggia del Bigallo Orsanmichele. Exterior: *tabernacles and statues (copies) by Ghiberti, Donatello, and Nanni di Banco. Interior: Orcagna, Tabernacle; *original statues from the exterior.

2 2 Loggia dei Lanzi Palazzo Vecchio. Exterior: the alberghetto ( little hotel ) in the tower where Cosimo de Medici was imprisoned in Uffizi. Interior: *works by Giotto, Lorenzo Monaco, and Gentile da Fabriano. Ponte Vecchio Palazzo Davanzati Santa Maria Novella. Interior: frescoes by Nardi di Cione and *Masaccio. Museo di Santa Maria Novella. Bonaiuto. Interior: frescoes by *Uccello and *Andrea di Accademia. Interior: works by Orcagna and Lorenzo Monaco. Loggia dell Ospedale di San Matteo Bargello. Donatello. *Interior per se and for *works by Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Santa Croce. Interior: *Rinuccini Chapel in the Sacristy. Santo Spirito. Interior: works by Orcagna and workshop. Santa Maria del Carmine. *Brancacci Chapel. Many of the original portraits in the chapel were of leading anti-mediceans. They were removed following the triumph of the Medici in 1434 and different faces were added. San Felice. Interior: Giotto, Crucifix. Palazzo Capponi delle Rovinate (Via de Bardi 36). Exterior. The palace was built for Niccolò da Uzzano, a leading opponent of the Medici. Porta San Niccolò San Miniato al Monte. Interior: frescoes by Spinello Aretino in the Sacristy. MEDICEAN FLORENCE ( ) Duomo. Interior: north sacristy, where Lorenzo de Medici took refuge following the murder of his brother in 1478; bust of Marsilio Ficino.

3 3 Museo dell Opera del Duomo. Robbia. Interior: *works by Donatello and Luca della Orsanmichele. Exterior: *Verrocchio, Incredulity of St Thomas (copy), the original is inside. Palazzo Vecchio. Interior: Verrocchio, Putto with the Fish; *Donatello, Judith and Holofernes. Uffizi. Interior: *works by Uccello, Domenico Veneziano, Piero della Francesca, Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Verrocchio, Perugino, and Leonardo da Vinci. Via dello Studio. The former seat of the University of Florence now houses a shop selling artists materials. Santa Maria Novella. Exterior: *facade. Interior: *frescoes by Ghirlandaio; Brunelleschi, Crucifix. Ognissanti. Interior: frescoes by Botticelli and Ghirlandaio. Palazzo Rucellai. *Exterior. San Pancrazio Cappella di San Sepolcro Santa Trìnita. Interior: *Sassetti Chapel, with portraits of Lorenzo de Medici and his children. Palazzo Strozzi. *Exterior. Interior: *courtyard. Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. *Exterior. Interior: courtyard; *chapel with portraits of the Medici. San Lorenzo. Exterior. Interior: *Donatello, pulpits (with a portrait of Cosimo de Medici); Old Sacristy (*architecture by Brunelleschi with *works by Donatello and Verrocchio). Sant Apollonia. Interior: frescoes by Castagno. Museo di San Marco. *Architecture by Michelozzo with *frescoes by Fra Angelico. Santissima Annunziata. *Exterior. Interior: tabernacle by Michelozzo and frescoes by Castagno. Spedale degli Innocenti. *Exterior. Interior: Pinacoteca with works by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, and Luca della Robbia. Accademia. Interior: works by Botticelli and Filippo Lippi.

4 4 Bargello. Interior: *works by Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Andrea della Robbia, Verrocchio, Mino da Fiesole, Benedetto da Maiano, Antonio Rossellino, and Pisanello. Badia Fiorentina. Interior: works by Filippino Lippi and Mino da Fiesole; Chiostro degli Aranci. Santa Croce. Interior: *tombs of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsuppini; *works by Donatello and Antonio Rossellino; Medici Chapel. Museo dell Opera di Santa Croce: *Pazzi Chapel. Palazzo Pitti. Exterior: central section built for Luca Pitti. Interior: *works by Filippo Lippi, Signorelli, Botticelli, and Perugino. Santo Spirito. Exterior. Interior. San Miniato al Monte. Interior: *Cappella del Crocifisso (with the arms of Piero de Medici); *Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal; cloister with works by Uccello and Castagno. SAVONAROLA AND MACHIAVELLI ( ) Duomo. Interior: site of Savonarola s sermons. Piazza della Signoria: Michelangelo, David (copy); plaque commemorating the execution of Savonarola. Palazzo Vecchio. Exterior: the alberghetto ( little hotel ) in the tower where Savonarola was imprisoned in Interior: *Salone dei Cinquecento, where the consiglio maggiore met and which was decorated by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (both frescoes destroyed); Cancelleria, where Machiavelli worked. Uffizi. Interior: *works by Raphael, Rosso Fiorentino, Andrea del Sarto, Perugino, Piero di Cosimo, Michelangelo, and Pontormo. Santa Maria Novella. Interior: works by Filippino Lippi. Biblioteca Laurenziana. Michelangelo. Interior: *vestibule and reading room designed by Medici Chapels. Interior: *New Sacristy, architecture and tombs by Michelangelo. Museo di S. Marco. Interior: *Savonarola s cell.

5 5 Santissima Annunziata. Exterior: *atrium with works by Pontormo, Andrea del Sarto, and Rosso Fiorentino. Accademia. Interior: *Michelangelo, David and St Matthew. Bargello. Interior: Machiavelli was imprisoned and tortured here following the return of the Medici in 1512; *works by Michelangelo and Iacopo Sansovino. Santa Croce. Interior: *tomb of Machiavelli. Casa Buonarroti. Interior: works by Michelangelo. Santa Felicita. Interior: *works by Pontormo. Palazzi Guicciardini-Benizzi (Via Guicciardini 15). Exterior: *Birthplace of Francesco Guicciardini. He wrote the Storia d Italia here. Machiavelli lived nearby but his house has been demolished. Palazzo Pitti. Interior: *works by Raphael, Pontormo, Piero di Cosimo, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Perugino, Giorgione, and Fra Bartolomeo. Santo Spirito. Interior: works by Filippino Lippi and Michelangelo (?) Porta Romana. Access to the walls built (with the help of Michelangelo) to defend Florence during the siege of Around Florence Certosa del Galluzzo. Interior: *frescoes by Pontormo. Sant Andrea in Percussina. Exiled on his farm, Machiavelli wrote The Prince here. Every day he visited the local tavern. Now a restaurant called the Albergaccio Serristori, it is recommended. FLORENCE Duomo. Interior: Last Judgement by Vasari and Federico Zucconi. Museo dell Opera del Duomo. Interior: *Michelangelo, Pietà. He intended this for his own tomb and the face of Nicodemus is a self-portrait. Piazza della Signoria: Giambologna, *statue of Cosimo I. Loggia dei Lanzi: *Cellini, Perseus; Giambologna, *Rape of the Sabines and Hercules and the Centaur. Palazzo Vecchio. Interior: *Salone dei Cinquecento; *Studiolo di Francesco I; *Quartiere di Leone X; *Quartiere degli Elementi; *Quartiere di Eleonora da Toledo.

6 6 Uffizi. *Exterior and *interior. Interior: *works by Bronzino, Allori, Titian, Sebastiano del Piombo, Clouet, and Caravaggio. Corridoio Vasariano. From the Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti. Museo di Storia della Scienza. Interior: scientific instruments belonging to Galileo as well as one of his fingers. Fortezza da Basso S. Lorenzo. Interior: works by Bronzino. Medici Chapels. Interior: *Cappella dei Principi. S. Marco. Exterior. Piazza Santissima Annunziata: Giambologna, statue of Ferdinando I. Santissima Annunziata. Interior: works by Bronzino. Via de Servi: Palazzo Sforza Almeni (Via de Servi 12); Palazzo Niccolini (Via de Servi 15). Bargello. Interior: *works by Michelangelo, Bandinelli, Cellini, Giambologna, and Ammannati. Santa Croce. Interior: *tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo. Via del Proconsolo/Borgo degli Albizzi. A group of palaces including: Palazzo Nonfinito (Via del Proconsolo 12); Palazzo Pazzi (Borgo degli Albizzi 28); Palazzo Ramirez de Montalvo (Borgo degli Albizzi 26). Palazzo Pitti. Exterior: *courtyard. Interior: *works by Titian, Bronzino, and Bandinelli. Boboli Gardens: *works by Ammannati, Giambologna, Tribolo, Bandinelli, and Buontalenti. *Palazzo di Bianca Cappello (Via Maggio 26) *Forte di Belvedere Around Florence *The Medici villas of La Petraia, Castello, Pratolino, and Poggio a Caiano. These can all be reached by bus. Jonathan Davies 2003