Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Pietà
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pietà
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Alternate Title:
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Vesperbild
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
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Creator:
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unknown (German sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Civico di Palazzo dei Consoli (Gubbio, Umbria, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Grande
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GPS:
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+43.353333+12.578333
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Date:
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15th century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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German
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Style Period:
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Late Gothic
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Work Type 1:
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figurine
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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painted terracotta
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Technique:
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modeling (forming)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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The Pietà theme developed in Germany (where it is called the "Vesperbild") about 1300, reached Italy about 1400 and was especially popular in Central European Andachtsbilder (devotional images designed as aids for prayer). The term was first devised for a group of mainly sculptural subjects, including the Pietà. Andachtsbilder have a strong emphasis on the grief and suffering of Christ. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-RE-PCG-P-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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