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Santa Maria Novella in FirenzeSANTA MARIA NOVELLA - One of the many churches that I had studied on Open University studies. Time was short, however, so elected to visit it for one reason only; Massaccio's "la Trinita" a fresco on the walls. Sadly this wonderful early renaissance work was scaffolded out of view for reasons of restoration. Better luck awaited me at Christmas 2003 when I revisited Firenze (from Gavinana) and stood before La Trinita in all its restored glory. La Trinita is undoubtedly one of my favourite works of art, and I especially love the early Renaissance period with its imperfections, warmth and humanness that I find absent from the more perfect, but almost cold and untouchable later Renaissance. I love too the other works (those few that survive) by Masaccio in the Brancacci chapel (see the ART album). However, they are also many other works in SMN, including a Crucifixion by Giotto and one by Brunelleschi, frescoes by Ghirlandio, and sculpture by Pisano, amongst others. click pictures for a larger image
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 La Trinta by Masaccio |
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