Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Genesis Cycle: Creation of the Animals; Garden of Eden
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Genesis Cycle: Creation of the Animals; Garden of Eden
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Image View:
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Lower register, Creation of Eve, detail, God
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Creator:
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Paolo Uccello (Italian painter, 1397-1475)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Green Cloister
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GPS:
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+43.7746+11.2493
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Date:
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1432-1436 (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; transferred to canvas
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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244 cm (height, upper portion) x 478 cm (width, upper portion)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Genesis (Bible)
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Description:
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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.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-UCCELLO-GC-1-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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