La cappella Velluti-Zati in Santa Croce fra giottismo e arcaismi (1321 circa)
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Keywords
- Thanks to the presence of the Zatiâ€
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- s coat of arms
- we can assert that the frescoes of the Velluti Chapel in Santa Croce were commissioned by this family no long before 1321. In fact
- the Zati family first detained the chapelâ€
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- s patronage. The decoration
- was ultimated under the will of Gemma Velluti
- as Donato Velluti says in his Cronica Domestica. The cycleâ€
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- s iconography
- showing Saint Michaelâ€
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- s histories
- is based on Legenda Aurea by Jacopo da Varagine and it reflects the role of the Archangel in the Apocalypse
- such as in Cimabueâ€
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- s frescoes in San Francesco in Assisi and in the painting with Saint Michael and its histories by Coppo di Marcovaldo. This subject was widespread among the Spirituals
- some of which most famous theorists were in Santa Croceâ€
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- s Studio at the end of thirteenth century. The frescoes can be compared with the Virgin with the Child in San Lorenzo Florence (1320-25) and they were realised by a close follower of Santa Cecilia Master
