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golden cage
the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy
(composite image, LE sky was shot separately)
It is a Renaissance palace built for Cosimo de' Medici, head of the Medici banking family, which today serves as the seat of the Metropolitan City of Florence.
The palace was designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo and was built between 1444 and 1484. The tripartite elevation of the building expresses the Renaissance spirit of rationality, order, and classicism on human scale. This tripartite division is emphasized by horizontal stringcourses that divide the building into stories of decreasing height. The transition from the rusticated masonry of the ground floor to the more delicately refined stonework of the third floor makes the building seem lighter and taller as the eye moves upward to the massive cornice that caps and clearly defines the building's outline.
(from Wikipedia)
golden cage
the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy
(composite image, LE sky was shot separately)
It is a Renaissance palace built for Cosimo de' Medici, head of the Medici banking family, which today serves as the seat of the Metropolitan City of Florence.
The palace was designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo and was built between 1444 and 1484. The tripartite elevation of the building expresses the Renaissance spirit of rationality, order, and classicism on human scale. This tripartite division is emphasized by horizontal stringcourses that divide the building into stories of decreasing height. The transition from the rusticated masonry of the ground floor to the more delicately refined stonework of the third floor makes the building seem lighter and taller as the eye moves upward to the massive cornice that caps and clearly defines the building's outline.
(from Wikipedia)