Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Christ prays in Gethsemane (cell 34)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Christ prays in Gethsemane (cell 34)
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Alternate Title:
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Agony in the Garden
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Image View:
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Overall view of the arched fresco
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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, Dormitory; Piazza San Marco 3
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GPS:
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+43.778198+11.259329
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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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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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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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Measurements:
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177 cm (height) x 147 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Apostles; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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At this period lay brothers were assumed to be untutored in Latin and would not have undergone even the minimal theological preparation required for ordination. Accordingly, the frescoes in their cells, on the south side of the north corridor, do not have mystical or Dominican allusions but are fully narrative illustrations of various scenes from the Life of Christ, drawn mostly from the Passion cycle beginning with the Last Supper [Institution of the Eucharist] (Cell 35) and ending with the Noli me tangere (Cell 1). In this scene from Cell 34, the saints are identified by their names on haloes. (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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7A1-FA-CSM-AG-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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