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In gentle contrast to the austere Italian Gothic exterior of the Palazzo Vecchio by Arnolfo di Cambio (architect of the Duomo), Vasari added ornate stucco and frescoes to the first inner courtyard for a Medici wedding in the 1560s (the palazzo served briefly as a Medici residence until they moved across the river to the Palazzo Pitti).
Such erudite allusion could also add to the kinky mixing of high and low, as when Bonnard put high heels on a model posed as the Medici Venus (, 1931).
The might of the Medici family can be sensed in their massive palazzo, northwest of the cathedral on Via Cavour, the 15th-century Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
Duke Cosimo had Vasari design it in 1560 as a series of government offices (hence its name), a mint for the city’s florin, and workshops for the Medici’s craftsmen.
Adjoining the church but with a separate outdoor entrance in the back are the Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee), monuments to the splendor and decadence of the family dynasty.