Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Ognissanti Maestà
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ognissanti Maestà
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Alternate Title:
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Virgin and Child Enthroned, Surrounded by Angels and Saints
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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Giotto (Italian painter, ca. 1266-1337)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 8344
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Location Note:
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Piazzale degli Uffizi
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GPS:
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+43.7684+11.2556
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Date:
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ca. 1300-1305 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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tempera paint on wood panel; gold leaf
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Technique:
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gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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325 cm (height) x 204 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Madonna
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Description:
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Mary, holding Jesus in her arms, is seated on a throne, like a queen. This is the iconography that gives rise to the title “Maestà” or “Majesty”, used to refer to this and other paintings with similar subjects. Ognissanti is the name of the church in Florence for which the painting was created. The Virgin is holding the Child, who is giving a blessing with his right hand, while in his left, he holds a rolled scroll, symbolizing knowledge. Around the throne is a pointed tabernacle, inlaid with different-colored marble, evoking the Gothic architecture of the 1300s. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [museum website]; https://www.uffizi.it/en/)
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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-GIOTTO-UG-MCEA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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