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ID: 700002021
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002021
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2 3 4
Florence Cathedral (cathedral (work by context); primary architects: Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Filippo Brun...; begun 1294, opened 1436; curre...; Florence (Firenze, Toscana, Italia, Europe, World, Top of th...)
Note: Cathedral and primary church of Florence, built on the site of an earlier cathedral dedicated to Saint Reparata, which was founded in the early 5th century. Located in: Florence, Tuscany, Italy Located in: Florence, Italy
Titles:
Florence Cathedral (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U,undetermined,,N)
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (C,U,Italian-P,,N,English,,N)
Santa Maria del Fiore (C,U,Italian,U,N,English,L,N,undetermined,,N)
Duomo di Firenze (C,U,Italian,U,U,undetermined,,N)
Duomo, Il (Florence) (C,U,English,,N)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
cathedral (work by context) [300007501] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)
basilica (work by form) [300170443]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: begun 1294, opened 1436; current facade dates to 19th century

Creator Display:
primary architects: Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Filippo Brunelleschi, Francesco Talenti [preferred,VP]
Arnolfo di Cambio (ca.1245-before 1310), architect ; Talenti, Francesco (c.1300-c.1369), architect; Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446), architect [,BWR]
architect Giotto (Italian painter, architect, ca.1266-1337) [500010766]
architect Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian sculptor and architect, documented 1265, died 1302) [500020772]
architect Brunelleschi, Filippo (Italian architect and sculptor, 1377-1446) [500018169]
architect Talenti, Francesco (Italian architect and sculptor, born 1300-1310, died after 1369) [500116279]
unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
Locations:
Current: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: +43.773232,+N 11.255992; Piazza del Duomo, Firenze, Italy
Display Materials: masonry construction; basilican plan; multiple marbles in polychrome façade
masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)
basilican plan [300263215]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, <form attributes for architecture>, building plan attributes)
verde di Prato [300011640]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, serpentinite, verd antique)

Dimensions: building area 8,300 square meters (89,340 square feet), length 153 meters (502 feet), width 38 meters (125 feet), width at the crossing 90 meters (300 feet); height of the arches in the aisles is 23 meters (75 feet); height of the dome 114.5 meters (375.7 feet)
Cultures:
Italian (preferred)
Florentine

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))
Renaissance [300021140] (N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)
Gothic Revival [300021452] (N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, modern European revival styles)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)
religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:
Blessed Virgin, Saint [901000032]
.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
polychrome façade [300404751]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by location or context>, exterior walls, <façades and façade components>, façades) (AAT)

Related Works:
replaced .... Santa Reparata [700008938]
..........cathedral (building); unknown Early Christian; probably 4th/6th centuries; ad...

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Florence Cathedral........ [JPGM,VP,BWR]
........ Meeks, Italian Architecture, 1750-1914 (1966)
........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987)
........ BWR database (2010-)
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3786908
Santa Maria del Fiore........ [JPGM,VP,BWR]
........ TCI: Firenze e Dintorni (1974)
........ Schneider, Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2000)
Duomo di Firenze........ [VP,BWR]
........ TCI: Firenze e Dintorni (1974)
........ BWR database (2010-)
Duomo, Il (Florence)........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3786896
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP,BWR]
....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786908
....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3786908
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 27681
....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U29827
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... TCI: Firenze e Dintorni (1974)
..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987)
..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786908
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