Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Life of Noah; Flood and Sacrifice of Noah
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Life of Noah; Flood and Sacrifice of Noah
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Alternate Title:
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Genesis Cycle
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Image View:
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Bottom half, Noah's Sacrifice and his Drunkenness; detail, God the Father appears above the sacrifice
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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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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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277 cm (height, lower portion) x 540 cm (width, lower 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. The earliest works reliably attributed to Uccello are the frescoes on the east wall. 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-4-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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