Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Life of Noah; Flood and Sacrifice of Noah
Alternate Title:
Genesis Cycle
Image View:
Top lunette: The Flood and Waters Subsiding, detail
Creator:
Paolo Uccello (Italian painter, 1397-1475)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Green Cloister
GPS:
43.7746 11.2493
Date:
1432-1436 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster; transferred to canvas
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
277 cm (height, lower portion) x 540 cm (width, lower portion)
Subjects:
cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Genesis (Bible)
Description:
The walls of the cloister of Santa Maria Novella were frescoed with scenes from the Old Testament in green and reddish colors, "terra verde" (a special kind of pigment made of iron oxide and silicic acid), hence the name Chiostro Verde (Green Cloister) by Paolo Uccello and his followers in the 15th century. The earliest works reliably attributed to Uccello are the frescoes on the east wall. The frescoes, badly damaged due to the exposure to weather for centuries, were partly detached and restored. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-UCCELLO-GC-4-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Life of Noah; Flood and Sacrifice of Noah