Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Piccolomini Altar
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Piccolomini Altar
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Image View:
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Context view, to the right are the doors to the Piccolomini Library
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Creator:
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Andrea Bregno (Italian sculptor, 1418-1503); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
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Location:
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repository: Siena Cathedral (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Duomo
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GPS:
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+43.3177+11.329
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Date:
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1481-1504 (inclusive)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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altar (religious building fixture)
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Work Type 3:
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monument
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; New Testament; rulers and leaders; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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Between 1481 and 1485, Bregno, together with his assistants (including Pietro Torrigiani), composed the Piccolomini Altar (signed and dated 1485) in Siena Cathedral, which was later embellished with sculptures (1501-1504) by Michelangelo. The altar also houses the tomb of Cardinal Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, who was to succeed Pope Alexander VI as Pius III in 1503 only to die within the year, leaving the Holy See to Julius II. Michelangelo executed four out of fifteen small statues he had contracted to provide for the Piccolomini Altar; Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Gregory (with the help of an assistant) and Saint Pius. On top of the altar is the Madonna and Child, a sculpture (probably) by Jacopo della Quercia. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-BA-SC-PA-A18
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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