The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is an independent research institute whose aim is to preserve and valorize the archives of the Medici dynasty, which comprise over fifteen million documents (many of them are featured in the MIA DATABASE). MAP also serves as a major academic hub for scholars and students worldwide in the field of Italian Renaissance and early modern studies.
Between 1560 and his death in 1574, Giorgio Vasari renovated the prestigious medieval church of Santa Maria della Pieve in his native Arezzo, adding to its interior four altars and three altarpieces, all of which were removed during a 19th-century renovation of the church. This talk will provide an overview of Vasari’s work at the Pieve, though the principal focus is the monumental, freestanding altar he built for its high chapel. Decorated with nearly 30 sculpted and painted images and now in Arezzo’s Badia of Sts. Flora and Lucilla, the high altar also served as Vasari's burial chapel. Sally Cornelison is Professor of Art History at Syracuse University and director of SU's Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance Art.
Between 1560 and his death in 1574, Giorgio Vasari renovated the prestigious medieval church of Santa Maria della Pieve in his native Arezzo, adding to its interior four altars and three altarpieces, all of which were removed during a 19th-century renovation of the church. This talk will provide an overview of Vasari’s work at the Pieve, though the principal focus is the monumental, freestanding altar he built for its high chapel. Decorated with nearly 30 sculpted and painted images and now in Arezzo’s Badia of Sts. Flora and Lucilla, the high altar also served as Vasari's burial chapel. Sally Cornelison is Professor of Art History at Syracuse University and director of SU's Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance Art.
Individuals who join Friends of MAP share in the thrill of historical discovery thanks to special experiences reserved just for them, including the MAP Forum (our online lecture series), and a host of other features such as weekly free lessons in reading Italian documents called “Friday Lunch Letters.”
