{"id":153,"date":"2008-08-10T09:59:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T07:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lnx.arttrav.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2014-09-21T20:37:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T18:37:49","slug":"san-marco-convent-museum-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/florence\/san-marco-convent-museum-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum and Convent of San Marco, Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Observant <strong>convent of San Marco<\/strong> was built starting 1436 and frescoed almost in its entirety by <strong>Fra Angelico<\/strong> from 1440-50 (approx.). It is a marvel of the effective use of painting in functional, religious spaces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/angelico_annunciation1.jpg?resize=600%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fra Angelico annunciation at the top of stairs\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/angelico_annunciation1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/angelico_annunciation1.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fra Angelico annunciation fresco in San Marco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A small museum contains panel paintings by Fra Angelico (to the right of the entrance door, off the courtyard). The courtyard also gives access to a chapter house (where the friars held daily meetings), with a large painting of a Crucifixion. On this same level (not off the courtyard but through a set of doors)\u00a0is a refectory which doubles as a gift shop. Through\u00a0this same\u00a0doorway there is a stairway that leads to the friar&#8217;s &#8220;dormitory&#8221;, a series of 44 cells. Each friar had his own cell, and each cell contains a simple painting by Fra Angelico or members of his workshop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5519\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5519 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/SanMarcocourtyard.jpg?resize=580%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SanMarcocourtyard\" width=\"580\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/SanMarcocourtyard.jpg?resize=580%2C410&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/SanMarcocourtyard.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/SanMarcocourtyard.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Marco courtyard, photo: flickr @ ericparker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These austerely simple works make an interesting comparison to the more public, decorative panel paintings housed below. On this floor, in the opposite direction from the cells, don&#8217;t miss the library designed by <strong>Michelozzo<\/strong>, and the cell at the far end which belonged to Cosimo de&#8217; Medici himself, patron of the entire complex.<\/p>\n<p>Arttrav offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/2007\/09\/podcast-convent-of-san-marco-in-florence\/\" target=\"_self\">podcast <\/a>of San Marco to lead you through these spaces.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Museo di San Marco Opening hours<\/strong>:<br \/>\nWeekday timetable: 8.15am-1.50pm,\u00a0Sat 8.15am-4.50pm<br \/>\nHoliday timetable: 8.15am-4.50pm<br \/>\n[ Open on the 2nd and 4th Sun of every month]\nClosed:Mon<br \/>\n[Note: Open on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mon of every month]<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Observant convent of San Marco was built starting 1436 and frescoed almost in its entirety by Fra Angelico [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[38,938,39,37],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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