Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Altar wall with the Crucifixion
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Alternate Title:
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Crocifissione di Cristo
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Image View:
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Detail, the traditional group of New Testament mourners surrounded by colorful jousting men and horses
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Creator:
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Jacopo Salimbeni (Italian painter, active ca. 1404-1427); Lorenzo Salimbeni (Italian painter, 1374-ca. 1420)
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Location:
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repository: Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Francesco Barocci, 31
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GPS:
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+43.7256+12.6345
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Date:
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1416 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
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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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Relation Work:
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partOf Oratory of St. John the Baptist Fresco Cycle
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ
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Description:
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The Oratory of St. John the Baptist (Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista) is a 14th-century small chapel or prayer hall best known for its Late Gothic style fresco cycle (1416) by the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni. In terms of content, form, and artistry, The Crucifixion on the altar wall is clearly the culmination of the entire series of paintings. The Salimbenis' wall painting represents the populous or expanded type of Crucifixion often designated the Mount of Calvary. Beginning in the fourteenth century, this type with its opportunities for secondary motifs (such as the joust at the base of the crosses), became increasingly popular. The fresco cycle is dated 1416 in an inscription under the Crucifixion. (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-LJS-OSJB-C-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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