Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Florence Baptistery Façade Sculpture; Christ Blessing [half figure]
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
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Creator:
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Tino di Camaino (Italian sculptor, ca.1285-1337)
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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. 1320-1324 (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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sculpture (visual work)
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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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New Testament; Jesus Christ; baptism
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Description:
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Around 1320, Tino di Camaino carved three groups to be placed above the east, south and north doors of the Baptistery (dedicated to St. John the Baptist) in Florence. Three centuries later these sculptures were substituted with other groups representing the same subjects. This nude half-figure of Jesus was part of a Baptism of Christ group. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/index.html)
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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-CAMAINO-MD-LPM-CB-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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