Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Genesis Cycle: Creation of the Animals; Garden of Eden
Image View:
Lower register, Creation of Eve
Creator:
Paolo Uccello (Italian painter, 1397-1475)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Green Cloister
GPS:
43.7746 11.2493
Date:
1432-1436 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster; transferred to canvas
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
244 cm (height, upper portion) x 478 cm (width, upper portion)
Subjects:
cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Genesis (Bible)
Description:
The walls of the cloister of Santa Maria Novella were frescoed with scenes from the Old Testament in green and reddish colors, "terra verde" (a special kind of pigment made of iron oxide and silicic acid), hence the name Chiostro Verde (Green Cloister) by Paolo Uccello and his followers in the 15th century. From the first campaign, the frescoes of the Creation of the Animals and the Creation of Adam and the Creation of Eve and the Fall in the opening bay are by Uccello. The frescoes, badly damaged due to the exposure to weather for centuries, were partly detached and restored. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-UCCELLO-GC-1-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Genesis Cycle: Creation of the Animals; Garden of Eden