Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of the Earthquake
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna of the Earthquake
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna del Terremoto
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Image View:
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Detail, topographic view of Bologna
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Creator:
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Francesco Francia (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1517)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Comunale, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo d’Accursio, Sala d'Ercole; Piazza Maggiore 6
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GPS:
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+44.494167+11.341389
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Date:
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1505 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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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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Subjects:
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cityscape; saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; earthquakes
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Description:
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The Madonna del Terremoto, shows the Virgin hovering over a topographically accurate view of the city. It was originally on a wall next to the nearby Cappella degli Anziani (Chapel of the Elders), as a votive offering for deliverance from the earthquake of 1505 and moved to the Sala d'Ercole in the nineteenth century. (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-RAIBO-PC-MT-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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