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557:"Sound the trumpets! beat the drums! ...Bind them fast and hold them to a good ransom:" discussed and printed by Timothy J. McGee, "'Alla Battaglia': Music and Ceremony in Fifteenth-Century Florence"
970:
246:, "sons of the Marzocco", and pro-Medici besiegers of the city in 1530 held a funeral and ritually buried a representation of it, with bells tolling. Prisoners of war from
325:, emblem of their subjugation to Florence, and cast it into the Arno. Live lions were kept at the commune's expense from the Middle Ages until they were banished in 1771.
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addressed the people, then a focus for popular tumult, was removed at the same time as the statue was replaced by
Donatello's on a pedestal in 1812.
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stood on this site, which the Pisan captives were forced ignominiously to kiss in 1364. The origin of the name
Marzocco is unknown." Augustus Hare,
1208:
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648:"I wear a crown worthy of my country, in order that everyone might maintain liberty", according to the translation in Susan and Joanne Horner,
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The original that had stood since (perhaps) 1377, and is now lost, appears to have been similar to
Donatello's in design, though it was fully
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was adopted for the name of a progressive weekly literary review in broadsheet format published in
Florence in 1896–1932.
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in 1333, had previously been
Florence’s emblem. The lion is seated and with one paw supports the coat-of-arms of Florence, the
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758:, chapter "Public Sculpture in Renaissance Florence" (Cambridge University Press, 1998; paperback edition, 2000)
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167:), whose Roman statue, known as the "Roman God of War", noted by Dante and carried away by a flood of the
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of communal republican defense stood guard atop a column at the foot of the stairs that led to the
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and may have crouched over a submissive wolf representing
Florence's great rival
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was placed in the Piazza della
Signoria in 1812, but in 1885 it was moved to the
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Deliberations on the placement of the comparably symbolic
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The
Ascension with Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter
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Philibert de Chalon, prince d'Orange, vice-roi de Naples
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and figures in Gentile Aretino's poem "Alla battaglia":
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would be crowned according to a motto by the writer of
96:, having been replaced by the copy we see to this day.
1155:
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388:. This staircase was demolished, perhaps by 1515.
380:. The Pope lingered at Florence after leaving the
598:(Academic Press) 1980, p. 4 note 9, drawing upon
650:Walks in Florence: Churches, Streets and Palaces
238:that the republican Florentine troops in the
780:
687:.1 (March 1974:31–49) especially p. 42.
559:Journal of the American Musicological Society
321:entered Sarzana in 1494, the Pisans took the
8:
411:, emphasizing the sovereign independence of
73:at the end of the platform attached to the
19:For the espresso machine manufacturer, see
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738:Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction
672:included suggestions that it displace the
481:, "Renaissance Balusters and the Antique"
317:In the subjected territory of Pisa, when
1189:14th century in the Republic of Florence
756:Looking at Italian Renaissance Sculpture
469:urns arranged like the bulbs of a Roman
456:, page on their replica of the Donatello
300:
208:
205:legagli strecti e pon lor buona taglia!"
652:London, Henry S. King & Co., 1877 (
531:, which had Saint George as its patron.
446:
417:Tuscany's first issue of postage stamps
88:, made in 1418–20. Donatello’s
282:) guards the harbor entrance; and at
7:
16:Heraldic lion and symbol of Florence
1204:Monuments and memorials in Florence
1035:Madonna and Child with Four Cherubs
926:Tomb of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci
596:Public Life in Renaissance Florence
347:Acciochè libertà ciascun mantegna."
345:"Corona porto, per la patria degna,
250:were forced to kiss it in 1364. At
240:Siege of Florence (1529–1530)
676:, to be shifted to the doorway of
516:Vocabolario della lingua italiana,
234:was such a powerful symbol of the
199:suona percuoti, forbocta rintoccho
139:-like motifs at the corners. The
14:
876:Saint George Freeing the Princess
298:awarded the commune to Florence.
143:, once a platform from which the
1130:Lamentation over the Dead Christ
1115:Equestrian statue of Gattamelata
702:at Hungarian Webgalleryofart.com
577:(Paris: Plon-Nourrit) 1902:374;
465:"Resembling pairs of handleless
201:Palle palle, Marzoccho Marzoccho
564:.2 (Summer 1983:287–302).
183:was` invoked in the Florentine
84:The best known rendition is by
1209:Outdoor sculptures in Florence
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294:column, erected in 1513 when
219:Tuscany's first postage stamp
1199:Sculptures of lions in Italy
1094:Basilica del Santo Crucifix
920:Tomb of Antipope John XXIII
1230:
1194:Sculptures in the Bargello
724:(Milan) 1964 pp. 116, 170.
454:Victoria and Albert Museum
47:, a replica of Donatello's
25:
18:
488:(1983:1–122) p. 4.
368:, where this traditional
286:there are a 16th-century
573:Noted in Ulysse Robert,
115:(detail) - the original
113:Confirmation of the Rule
26:Not to be confused with
1184:Sculptures by Donatello
907:Saint Louis of Toulouse
720:Touring Club Italiano,
633:Encyclopædia Britannica
1007:Saint John the Baptist
678:Palazzo della Signoria
349:
319:Charles VIII of France
314:
222:
207:
120:
48:
1145:Judith and Holofernes
940:The Baptism of Christ
914:San Rossore Reliquary
736:Johnson, Geraldine A
697:Donatello's original
483:Architectural History
397:Piazza della Signoria
343:
304:
212:
195:, Marzoccho Marzoccho
189:
107:
71:Piazza della Signoria
45:Piazza della Signoria
38:
1000:Putti candle-holders
986:Madonna of the Cords
847:Huldschinsky Madonna
825:Santa Croce Crucifix
811:Madonna of the Apple
754:McHam, Sarah Blake,
740:, 2005, OUP Oxford,
594:Richard C. Trexler,
514:Lo Zingarelli 2008:
382:Council of Constance
109:Domenico Ghirlandaio
67:Republic of Florence
61:that is a symbol of
842:(marble, 1408–1409)
527:The war cry of the
366:Santa Maria Novella
280:illustration, right
236:Florentine Republic
1122:Penitent Magdalene
948:The Feast of Herod
722:Firenze e dintorni
518:Zanichelli (2007).
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307:Torre del Marzocco
276:Torre del Marzocco
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100:The first Marzocco
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1214:Lions in heraldry
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1020:Madonna and Child
1014:Sagrestia Vecchia
748:, 9780192803542,
611:"A still earlier
583:Storia fiorentina
529:Republic of Genoa
395:was moved to the
290:fountain and the
274:the 15th-century
155:The obscure name
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884: 1415
865:(1411–1413)
855: 1410
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819: 1400
501:XIII.146f,
475:Paul Davies
471:candelabrum
423:Il Marzocco
384:during the
352:Donatello's
284:Pietrasanta
262:column; at
258:stands the
193:San Giorgio
77:called the
21:La Marzocco
1178:Categories
862:Saint Mark
803:Sculptures
746:0192803549
503:Purgatorio
467:all'antica
407:A crowned
403:After 1812
296:Pope Leo X
185:battle cry
1083:(bronze,
796:Donatello
505:XXXI.58f.
399:in 1812,
141:ringhiera
86:Donatello
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891:Marzocco
699:Marzocco
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617:Florence
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429:See also
419:, 1851.
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358:Marzocco
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323:Marzocco
292:Marzocco
288:Marzocco
268:Marzocco
264:Volterra
260:Marzocco
252:Anghiari
232:Marzocco
215:Marzocco
181:Marzocco
157:Marzocco
145:Signoria
137:baluster
117:Marzocco
94:Bargello
90:Marzocco
63:Florence
54:Marzocco
41:Marzocco
1156:Related
899:Zuccone
731:Sources
711:V&A
499:Inferno
413:Tuscany
370:insegna
334:novelle
311:Livorno
272:Livorno
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