Secrets of the Medici Palace and Its Private Chapel: Six Studies in the Early Italian Renaissance

Famous for its Journey of the Three Kings by Benozzo Gozzoli, these studies unveil the religious, social, and political iconography of the chapel. The iconography focuses on the practical function of the chapel as a sacred space and as a private confessional for the family. It identifies the birds and trees in the sanctuary and shows how they relate iconographically to the theologically based program throughout the chapel.