Talk:Santa Maria Novella

Removal of Temple of Artemis pic
This caption under this pic was entirely in error. Martin van Heemskerck was not representing an old-fashioned church of the "previous generation" like Santa Maria Novella.

Apart from its general outline, which is common to most Nave and aisle churches, including St Peters Basilica which Heemskerk drew under construction in the 1530s, it bears no resemblance to Santa Maria Novella, except in the possession of scrolls, invented by Alberti to bridge the gap between nave and aisles and subsequently used on many Baroque buildings, post Heemskerck.

At Santa Maria Novella, Alberti respected the gothic fabric with which he was working. He tailored his design to an old tradition. Santa Maria Novella does not resemble other churches by Alberti or other Florentine Churches, except San Miniato al Monte, to which he has nodded in respect.

Moreover, contrary to the caption, the churches of Florence that were built in the 15th century didn't get their facades, so Heemskerck's drawing cannot possible resemble them, except in so much as he may have be familiar with the drafts.

What the artist has done, as is typical of the date, is draw "one of the seven wonders" in the very latest style, as far as he can conceive it. It has far more to do with Santa Susanna in Rome, not completed till 70 years later, and the prototype for many such churches, than with Santa Maria Novella's comprimisingly antiquated style.

It has simiarities to Cordussi's San Zaccaria in Venice.

The picture really doesn't belong here.

--Amandajm 03:31, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Pharmacy
It probably needs a separate article, but I'll place it here for information...

The pharmacy is part of the Basilica and is one of the oldest still-operating pharmacies in the world. The Italian wiki has a good article all about it and we should have something too. When someone translates it or gets around to researching it, that is! A good starting point might be here. violet/riga (t) 12:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Change ridiculous opening statement
"Santa Maria Novella is a church for gays and lesbians in Florence"

75.61.128.148 (talk) 17:37, 11 November 2009 (UTC) Daniel Baedeker

Mistaken reference to Boccaccio's Decameron
There is no reference to the Filippo Strozzi chapel in the Decameron's introduction, where the story is begun in the basilica of Santa Maria Novella. In any case, that chapel's dedication to Filippo Strozzi dates from the end of the next century.



Garymichaeltartakov (talk) 11:01, 24 February 2016 (UTC) Garymichaeltartakov
 * Your comment is correct; I have just removed the phrase.--Pebbles (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Vitruvian Man
I deleted the reference to Giotto and Vitruvius' work on human proportion. Human proportion wasn't discovered by Vitruvius. It is what it is. If Giotto used Vitruvius as a reference, as Leonardo possibly did, more than a century later, then Vitruvius would be relevant. But, since he almost certainly did not, then here in this context, it is a red herring. As for the reference to "Vitruvian Man", this term is used most sepcifically to describe the drawing by Leonardo. THe term has come into more general use, but with Leonardo's drawing as the starting point. It has no relevance to Giotto whatsoever. Giotto is not really famous for the fact that the nude figure in the Crucifixion that he painet has more natural proportions than the Gothic and Byzantine figures of his contemporaries. What sets his work apart is 'naturalism' and this is displayed in a great many ways, of which proportion is only one factor. It has to do with solidity of form, shading, hang of the draperies, gestures, facial expressions, human interaction etc. Writing here about Vitruvius is a serious distraction. Amandajm (talk) 11:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

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