Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Crucifixion with the Holy Women, Saint Dominic and the Centurions (cell 40)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Crucifixion with the Holy Women, Saint Dominic and the Centurions (cell 40)
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Alternate Title:
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Saint Dominic Prostrate before Christ on the Cross (cell 40)
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Image View:
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Detail, the swooning Virgin Mary supported by Mary Magdalene (right) and Mary of Cleophas
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Creator:
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workshop of 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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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Dominicans; Jesus Christ; crucifixion
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Description:
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As early as the 13th century the Constitution of the Order of Preachers stipulated that dormitories were to be decorated with an image of the Virgin in the corridor and that the cells were to contain images of Christ or the Virgin. It is thought that the Dominicans were the first order to specify the use of images in this context, though apart from those at San Marco no other such suites are known. This is from one of the cells in the north corridor, assigned to the lay brothers. This fresco shows Dominic in the prostrate attitude of the prayer of penitence, the second method of praying laid out in the De modo orandi. (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-LDC-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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