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Hugh Hudson, ‘From Via della Scala to the Cathedral: Social Spaces and the Visual Arts in Paolo Uccello’s Florence’
This article reconstructs the experience of Florence’s urban spaces from the point of view of one of its most intriguing early Renaissance artists: Paolo Uccello. ...
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The article assesses the evidence for Paolo Uccello's personal life and social status, and discusses his professional activity along an itinerary from his home on Via della Scala in the west of Florence to the Cathedral in its centre. In so doing, it illustrates the significance of urban spaces as socially charged sites in the life of an artist and the web of associations that connected Florentine society with its communal spaces and artworks. Special attention is given to Uccello’s Nativity mural painting from the cloister of the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, whose iconography may reflect the support given by Florentine families and government to orphans — a significant aspect of Uccello’s own family history.
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