Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Florence Campanile Façade; Hexagonal Reliefs
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Florence Campanile Façade; Hexagonal Reliefs
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Image View:
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Tespi's chariot, Art of festivals (Liberal Arts, east side panels)
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Creator:
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Andrea Pisano (Italian sculptor, ca. 1295-1349); Nino Pisano (Italian sculptor, ca. 1315-ca. 1368) and workshop
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Location:
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repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza del Duomo, 9
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GPS:
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+43.772333+11.256222
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Date:
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ca. 1337-1341 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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relief (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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79 cm (height, each hexagon) x 69.5 cm (width, each hexagon)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; mythology (Classical); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Education; liberal arts
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Description:
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Andrea Pisano, while living in Florence, produced many works in marble, all of which strongly show Giotto's influence. In 1340 he succeeded Giotto as Master of the Works of Florence Cathedral. There he produced a series of reliefs, possibly designed by his former teacher Giotto. The hexagonal panels on the lower level depict the history of mankind, inspired by Genesis, starting with on the west side. The seven hexagonal panels on the south side show us Gionitus (Astronomy), the Art of Building, Medicine, Hunting, Wool-working, Phoroneus (Legislation), Daedalus (flight). The east side only contains five panels, because of the entrance door. They depict the "liberal arts", as do the north side panels. The originals were removed between 1965 and 1967 and are now on display in the museum. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A2-I-F-CAMP-LR-3-D01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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