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Funeral of Prince Francesco de Medici

Funeral of Prince Francesco de Medici

Stefano Della Bella | Facade of the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence (1637) | Artsy

the facade of this building in modern times appears to have been violently ravaged for what its worth.

What do you guys think? Allegorical or Literal?

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Username: BStankman
Date: 2018-08-12 19:50:04
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Bingo, double head eagle.
That facade does indeed look like it was ripped down to hide something.
Three door motif is classic Tartar.

Apologies if you wanted to talk about giant skeletons.
Spoils of war? Or just a guess, but maybe Medici was a Tartar holdout that was villified in history.

 

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Username: noblewish
Date: 2018-08-12 22:35:58
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Three door motif is Tartar? Do you have a source for this info?

I am also interested in the double eagle symbolism. You see this everywhere, but what is the meaning? Was this a Tartar symbol?

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2018-08-12 22:49:57
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The etchings follow the pattern of people not matching the architecture.

But that skeleton would walk in just fine, and fit in perfectly inside this church building.

Double-headed eagle we are all interested in. Here is a dedicated discussion thread to keep eagle things in one place.

 

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Username: humanoidlord
Date: 2018-08-15 01:32:10
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the skeletons are the original owners of that building

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2018-08-26 07:06:03
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Some additional images. Makes you wonder who built this thing, and why it had to be defaced it to such ugliness.

Jacques Callot | Side Aisle of San Lorenzo, Florence (1612) | Artsy

 

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Username: Wyrdling
Date: 2018-12-13 10:38:10
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What is that pyramidal shape in the rear of the interior? My first thought was that it looked similar to a Christmas/Yule tree considering what I'm assuming to be, the two-headed eagle placed upon the top of it.

 

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Username: cheap
Date: 2018-12-13 17:10:48
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the facade of this building in modern times appears to have been violently ravaged for what its worth.

I live right around the corner from San Lorenzo. The official story on the facade is that it was never completed.