Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Annunciation
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Annunciation
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Image View:
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Detail, at top center God the Father releases the dove of the Holy Spirit, raking view
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Creator:
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Andrea della Robbia (Italian sculptor, 1435-ca. 1528)
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Location:
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repository: Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
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GPS:
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+43.776389+11.261111
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Date:
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ca. 1490 (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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sculpture (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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tympanum
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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tin-glazed terracotta
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Technique:
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casting (process); fabrication attributes: ceramics; molding (forming)
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Measurements:
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154 cm (height) x 285 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Angels; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; putti; lilies; lunette
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Description:
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This has also been attributed to a follower of Andrea. Along with the usual Annunciation iconography, God the Father is seen at upper center, releasing the dove of the Holy Spirit. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-ROBBIA-FO-A-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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