The Pazzi Chapel: Design and Decoration (c. 1442–1461)

1. Fire damages Santa Croce’s first cloister

   Jan 1, 1423Labels: Santa Croce

   • Santa Croce Opera

2. Pazzi family commissions a new chapter house

   Jan 1, 1429Labels: Pazzi family, Andrea de'

   • Santa Croce Opera
   • WGA Bio

3. Brunelleschi develops the chapel’s design

   Jan 1, 1430Labels: Filippo Brunelleschi

   • Santa Croce Opera
   • Britannica

4. Construction begins in the Santa Croce cloister

   Jan 1, 1443Labels: Santa Croce

   • Santa Croce Opera
   • WGA Facade

5. Interior spatial system takes shape

   Jan 1, 1444Labels: Pietra serena

   • WGA Interior
   • Santa Croce Opera

6. Patron Andrea de’ Pazzi dies

   Jan 1, 1445Labels: Andrea de'

   • WGA Interior

7. Brunelleschi dies; work continues without him

   Apr 15, 1446Labels: Filippo Brunelleschi

   • Britannica
   • Santa Croce Opera

8. Della Robbia terracotta medallions enrich the interior

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Della Robbia

   • WGA Della Robbia
   • Brunelleschi Bio

9. Portico and façade advance the “classical” entrance

   Jan 1, 1461Labels: Pazzi Chapel

   • WGA Facade
   • UMich VRC

10. Chapel reaches a usable “completed” state

    Jan 1, 1461Labels: Pazzi Chapel

    • Pazzi Chapel
    • UMich VRC

11. Pazzi Conspiracy triggers exile and work stoppage

    Apr 26, 1478Labels: Pazzi Conspiracy, Pazzi family

    • Santa Croce Opera
    • Britannica

12. Pazzi Chapel endures as an Early Renaissance model

    Dec 31, 1478Labels: Pazzi Chapel

    • Santa Croce Opera
    • Britannica