Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Maestá
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Maestá
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna with Angels and Saints
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Image View:
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Overall view with person for scale
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Creator:
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Simone Martini (Italian painter, ca. 1284-1344)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Sala del Mappamondo (formerly called Sala del Consiglio)
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GPS:
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+43.318333+11.331389
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Date:
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ca. 1311-1316 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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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; gold leaf gilding
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); gilding (technique)
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Measurements:
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763 cm (height) x 970 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Apostles; Gabriel (Archangel); Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Michael (Archangel); Sienese; Republic of Siena; heraldry
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Description:
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The heads and in some cases the hands of eight figures were entirely redone in 1321 by Simone and his workshop. The reasons behind this intervention (or repair) are not known. Surrounded by a frame decorated with twenty medallions depicting the Blessing Christ, the Prophets and the Evangelists and with smaller shields containing the coat-of-arms of Siena (the so-called balzana), the fresco shows a host of angels, Saints and Apostles, with the Madonna and Child in the center. The whole scene, set against a deep blue background, is surmounted by an imposing canopy of red silk. It is also a sacred conversation; the Virgin engages with four kneeing saints who are patrons of the Commune of Siena. (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-MARTI-PP-M-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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