Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Sacra Conversazione
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sacra Conversazione
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna of the Shadows (Madonna delle Ombre)
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Image View:
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Detail, center; Virgin Mary and Christ child, enthroned, the Christ child holds an orb and gives the Benediction
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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. 1443 (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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195 cm (height) x 273 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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saints; Dominicans; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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The Sacra Conversazione fresco on the wall of the east corridor of the convent is also called Madonna of the Shadows (Madonna delle Ombre). Painted in the corridor off which the brethren's cells open (between cells 25 and 26), this fresco was one of Fra Angelico's last works in San Marco's Dominican Monastery. On the left, St. Dominic engages the beholder's gaze, directing it to his book. The text, which has no known source in his writings, is an exhortation to the friars: "Have charity, preserve humility, possess voluntary poverty. I call forth God's curse and mine on the introduction of possessions into this Order." St. Dominic stands at a distance from St. Mark, as well as from Saints Cosmas and Damian to whom the convent was jointly dedicated. (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-SC-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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