Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Annunciation
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Annunciation
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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Fra Angelico (Italian painter, ca. 1400-1455)
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Location:
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repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Convent of San Marco; Piazza San Marco, 1
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GPS:
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+43.778664+11.259584
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Date:
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ca. 1440-1445 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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230 cm (height) x 321 cm (width)
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Inscription:
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Translated: "When you come before the figure of the intact Virgin, do not fail to say a Hail Mary"
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Description:
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The autograph Annunciation opposite the head of the staircase leading from the ground-floor is the first image to greet the visitor on entering the most private area of the complex. In the 15th century only Dominican and Franciscan friars were permitted to enter the Order’s dormitories. It was the custom for Dominicans to greet the Virgin with the angelic salutation (Hail Mary) on entering the dormitory, and as this was done while genuflecting--just as the Angel Gabriel does in the Annunciation--Fra Angelico’s painting forged an indissoluble link between the image and its beholder. Exactly the same purpose informs the frescoes in the cells. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-FA-CSM-A-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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