Resumen de The early Christian revival at S. Miniato al Monte: the Cardinal of Portugal Chapel
The Cardinal of Portugal Chapel in S. Miniato al Monte at Florence has been thought to be based solely on Brunelleschi's architecture, a view which has left its lavish interior ornament a little understood anomaly. This essay demonstrates that richly decorated cruciform martyria and mausolea of the Early Christian period were sources for conception of the chapel. Its formal and symbolic assimilation with the church of S. Miniato is elucidated, and Brunelleschi's influence is reassessed. The cardinal's chapel emerges as a monument of key importance in the Early Christian revival in fifteenth-century Florentine art.
