Difference between revisions of "Stories from the Life of John the Baptist (1465 Lippi), art"

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[[File:Cathedral Prato.jpg|thumb|250px|Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Prato, Italy]]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_St._Stephen_and_St._John_the_Baptist Wikipedia.en] -- [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storie_di_santo_Stefano_e_san_Giovanni_Battista Wikipedia.it]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_St._Stephen_and_St._John_the_Baptist Wikipedia.en] -- [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storie_di_santo_Stefano_e_san_Giovanni_Battista Wikipedia.it]


The Life of John the Baptist is illustrated in four episodes, painted between 1452 and 1466:
The '''Main Chapel''' of the Cathedral of Prato, Italy was decorated by [[Filippo Lippi]] around 1465 with a cycle of frescoes illustrating ''Stories from the Life of John the Baptist'', and on the opposite wall, [[Stories from the Life of Stephen (1465 Lippi), art|Stories from the Life of Stephen]]. The cycle also includes the portraits of the [[Four evangelists (1465 Lippi), art|Four Evangelists]]'' on the vaults.


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On the opposite wall Lippi painted four parallel [[Stories from the Life of Stephen (1465 Lippi), art]].


   
   

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Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Prato, Italy
Main Chapel of the Cathedral


Stories from the Life of John the Baptist (1465) is a cycle of frescoes by Filippo Lippi, at Cappella Maggiore, Duomo, Prato, Italy

The Main Chapel of the Cathedral of Prato, Italy was decorated by Filippo Lippi around 1465 with a cycle of frescoes illustrating Stories from the Life of John the Baptist, and on the opposite wall, Stories from the Life of Stephen. The cycle also includes the portraits of the Four Evangelists on the vaults.

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