Made for the Baptistery of Florence to a design by Antonio del Pollaiolo, the panels embroidered in polychrome silk and gold thread that make up the “Parato of San Giovanni” are now kept in the...
The Duomo of Florence and the artistic masterpieces it contains are famous the world over. However, few people know that it also houses valuable scientific instruments, such as the great gnomon designed by the mathematician Paolo Dal PozzoToscanelli.
Gli Zodiaci della Basilica di San Miniato al Monte e del Battistero di San Giovanni a Firenze / The Zodiacs in the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte and in the Baptistry of San Giovanni in Florence
by Simone Bartolini
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 9788859612735
Publisher: Edizioni Polistampa
Pub Date: 2013-06-19
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Edizioni Polistampa
144 Pages
The zodiac, a symbolic reference to cyclic time, is one of the most elevated elements related to the sun and the celestial sphere.
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