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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Santa Maria Novella: Spanish Chapel (Chapter House) frescoes
Alternate Title:
Allegory of the Active and Triumphant Church and the Dominican Order
Image View:
Detail, portrait group on the right side including artists and authors and other worthies
Creator:
Andrea da Firenze (Italian painter, active 1346, died 1379)
Location:
site: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Spanish Chapel
GPS:
43.7746 11.2493
Date:
ca. 1365-1367 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
9.6 m (width, east wall fresco)
Relation Work:
partOf Santa Maria Novella
Subjects:
allegory; cycles or series; New Testament; saints; Dominicans
Description:
Andrea’s fame rests chiefly on the frescoes in the chapter house of Santa Maria Novella, also known as the Spanish Chapel. The program was probably worked out in the theological school attached to the convent. The central theme is the glorification of the Dominican Order. On the entrance wall are scenes from the Life of St. Peter Martyr, with the Road to Calvary, the Crucifixion and the Descent into Limbo opposite. The main scenes are on the side walls, on the left the Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas and on the right (east wall), the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant. Scenes of the Pentecost, the Navicella, the Resurrection and the Ascension decorate the vault. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-BONAIU-AAT-B05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Santa Maria Novella: Spanish Chapel (Chapter House) frescoes