Who were the artists that were originally desired to paint the floor wall of Rockerfeller Center ?
On the walls are large and expansive frescoes that depict battles and military victories by Florence over Pisa and Siena : " The Taking of Siena " " The Conquest of Porto Ercole " " The Victory of Cosimo I at Marciano in Val di Chiana " " Defeat of the Pisans at the Tower of San Vincenzo " " Maximillian of Austria Attempts the Conquest of Leghorn " " Pisa Attacked by the Florentine Troops " The ceiling consists of 39 panels also constructed and painted by Vasari and his assistants , representing " Great Episodes from the life of Cosimo I " , the quarters of the city and the city itself and towards the center is the apotheosis : " Scene of His Glorification as Grand Duke of Florence and Tuscany " On the north side of the hall , illuminated by enormous windows , is the raised stage calledthe " Udienza " , built by Bartolommeo Bandinelli for Cosimo I to receive citizens and ambassadors .