Thursday, August 1, 2024

Duomo Museum




Original doors of the Cathedral, Ghiberti huge, bronze doors called the "Gates of Paradise"
Matthew - Luke
John - Mark


cut-away to show part of the crypt under the Cathedral


1 of 3 Pieta by Michelangelo, this was intended for his own funerary monument and sculpted from white Carrarra marble 50 years after the Vatican Pieta.  Along with Mary (Christ's mother) and Mary Magdalene, and elderly Nicodemus is supporting Christ, Michelangelo carved the face of Nicodemus in his own likeness.



Donatello's Mary Magdalene in wood





relic of the jawbone of St. John the Baptist





relic of St. Peter's chains




Brunelleschi's model of the dome (which he had to create to "bid" on the project) and some of the scaffolding he used for building the Duomo

God with Adam and forming Eve out of Adam
beginning of astronomy and the art of painting