Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Saint John the Baptist
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Saint John the Baptist
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Image View:
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Overall view in chapel niche, from the right
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Creator:
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Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466)
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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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1457 (creation)
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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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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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185 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; John, the Baptist, Saint
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Description:
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The statue is documented and dated 1457 on its wooden base. Although Donatello was 70 years old and in ill health, he made substantial purchases of materials for casting bronze statuary, one example of which was the impassioned figure of St. John the Baptist for a chapel in Siena Cathedral (in situ). The Chapel of Saint John the Baptist is situated in the left transept and also contains frescoes by Pinturicchio. (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-DB-SC-SJB-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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