Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Duomo Façade Sculpture; Flock of Sheep and Oxen
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Duomo Façade Sculpture; Flock of Sheep and Oxen
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
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Creator:
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Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian designer, active ca. 1265-1302); school of Nicola Pisano (Italian sculptor, active 1258-1278)
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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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1296-1300 (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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Subjects:
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allegory; animal
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Description:
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The first stone of the façade was laid on 8 September 1296 to a design by Arnolfo di Cambio. Arnolfo managed to complete two bays and half of the new façade. His sculptures were removed to the Opera's Historical Museum in 1586 because Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici had ordered the construction of a new façade. The present museum opened in 1891. (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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7A1-CAMBIO-MD-AFS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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