ID: 700000162	Record Type: Movable Work

Wooden Model for the Façade of San Lorenzo, Florence (model (representation); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564) ; completed 1555; Museo della Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Firenze province, Tus...; unavailable)

Note: This is probably one of the two models described by Michelangelo in a letter to his brother, Lionardo, in September 1555. His designs for the façade had begun in 1515. The facade was never built.

Titles:

Wooden Model for the Façade of San Lorenzo, Florence (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

model (representation) [300047753] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name), Visual Works (Hierarchy Name), <visual works (Guide Term)>, <visual works by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

European art

sculpture

Creation Date: completed 1555

Creator Display:

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564) [preferred,VP]

architect Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, 1475-1564) [500010654]

Locations:

Current: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy) [500288855] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: unavailable

Display Materials: poplar, cypress, pine and other wood; traces of white lead paint and gesso

	poplar (wood) [300012363]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	cypress (wood) [300012540]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood)

	pine (wood) [300012620]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, softwood)

	lead-based paint [300015052]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, oil paint (paint))

	gesso
	....... (AAT Candidate)

Dimensions: 216 x 283 x 50 cm (7 feet 3 inches x 9 feet 3 inches x 1 foot 7 inches); scale: 1: 12

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods, <styles and periods by region>, European, <European styles and periods>, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred )

Specific Subjects:

	facade [300002526]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (Hierarchy Name), components (objects), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and structural element components>, <structural elements>, <enclosing structural elements>, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by location or context>, exterior walls, <façades and façade components>) (AAT)

	San Lorenzo [700000163]
	.....(San Lorenzo [700000163], Built Work [700000001], Top of the CONA hierarchy [700000000]) (CONA)

Related Works:

	depicts .... San Lorenzo [700000163]
	..........(church (building); Brunelleschi, Filippo (Italian architect, sculptor, 1377-1446); completed after his death; begun 1421)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Movable Work

Sources and Contributors:
Wooden Model for the Façade of San Lorenzo, Florence	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 21 January 2011

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... CDWA online (1995-) accessed 21 January 2011

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)