Museums in Florence @ Museum of S.Maria Novella of Florence
Museum of S.Maria Novella
Piazza
Santa Maria Novella - tel.055 282187
Florence - Museum of S.Maria Novella
The monumental complex of the cloister, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, was begun around 1340 by Fra` Sisto and Fra` Ristoro. The first cloister on the right of the doorway is the so-called Chiostro Verde (Green cloister) with strong yet harmonious proportions. It takes its name from the frescoes originally painted in "green clay" by many artists of early 15th century including Paolo Uccello (1397-1475), one of the greatest Florentine Renaissance masters, -who painted here some of his best works like the Flood and the Sacrifice of Noah. The cloister gives access to the Refectory (and from here to the Large Cloister decorated at the end of the 16th century) and to the Cappellone degli Spagnoll. In the 16th century this -was the chapter house and `was given this name because of meetings held in this location by the Spanish followers of Eleonora da Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I. This large section of the building still preserves the complex frescoes by Andrea di Bonaiuto (mid-14th century), which exalt the work of the Dominicans, to whom the church belonged. The fresco representing the Church militant features the cathedral in the background or rather the original project of Arnolfo for the Cathedral of
Florence The Chiostro Verde also gives access to the Chiostrino dei Morti and the Strozzi Chapel, decorated with 14th century frescoes ..... from `Museums and Galleries of
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