Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Biagio (Blaise) and Catherine of Alexandria
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Biagio (Blaise) and Catherine of Alexandria
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Alternate Title:
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Madonna con Bambino in trono tra san Biagio e santa Caterina d'Alessandria
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Image View:
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Overall view with stuccowork surround and small green altar below
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Creator:
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Perugino (Italian painter, ca. 1450-1523)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria Maggiore (Spello, Umbria, Italy)
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GPS:
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+42.989883+12.672181
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Date:
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1521 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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fresco (painting)
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Work Type 3:
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stuccowork
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster (fresco); stucco
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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163 cm (height) x 155 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child
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Description:
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The fresco is situated on a short wall that caps the end of the semicircular wooden choir in the tribune (apse), flanking the ciborium of the high altar, on the right side. On the left side is a fresco, matching in size, of the Spello Pietà, which shows John the Apostle and Mary Magdalene kneeling either side of the Virgin Mary, who cradles the dead Christ in her lap. The two frescoes are by Perugino and the same date; both have stuccowork surrounds. Saint Biagio is Saint Blaise, a physician, and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia. (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-PERUGINO-MCWS-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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