The last two weeks I spent walking through Florence and its surrounding neighborhoods. The Chiostro dello Scalzo was a highlight. Built by the Compagnia dei disciplinati di San Giovanni Battista, a confraternity, the cloister (1478) was originally attached to a chapel space.
In inclement weather, the laymen covered the central opening with a straw mat.
Architect
Pietro Paolo Giovannozzi modified the interior in the early eighteenth century, adding a groin-vaulted ceiling, broken pediments over doorways and the doubled columns visible in the image above.
Images above:
Chiostro dello Scalzo, Florence, Italy. September 2015. K. Rylance.
2 comments:
Are those skulls and crossbones on the pedestals?
Yes. They are also painted in fresco in the lunettes. The space kind of looks like an ossuary.
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