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[[File:Tornabuoni Frescoes Florence.gif|thumb|250px|Map of the frescoes]] | [[File:Tornabuoni Frescoes Florence.gif|thumb|250px|Map of the frescoes]] | ||
The '''Tornabuoni Chapel''' is the main chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. In 1490 [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] completed its decoration with a cycle of frescoes illustrating nine episodes from the life of Mary of Nazareth [marked in green on the map], and eight episodes from the Life of John the Baptist [in red]. The cycle also includes 4 scenes of ''Dominican saints and the donors'' [in violet] and the portrait of the ''Four evangelists'' on the | The '''Tornabuoni Chapel''' is the main chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. In 1490 [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] completed its decoration with a cycle of frescoes illustrating nine episodes from the life of Mary of Nazareth [marked in green on the map], and eight episodes from the Life of John the Baptist [in red]. The cycle also includes 4 scenes of ''Dominican saints and the donors'' [in violet] and the portrait of the ''Four evangelists'' on the vaults [in yellow]. | ||
==Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth == | ==Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth == |
Revision as of 11:31, 7 January 2014
The Tornabuoni Chapel is the main chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. In 1490 Domenico Ghirlandaio completed its decoration with a cycle of frescoes illustrating nine episodes from the life of Mary of Nazareth [marked in green on the map], and eight episodes from the Life of John the Baptist [in red]. The cycle also includes 4 scenes of Dominican saints and the donors [in violet] and the portrait of the Four evangelists on the vaults [in yellow].
Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth
Stories from the Life of John the Baptist
The Four Evangelists
External links
Categories:
- 1490
- Fiction
- Art
- Paintings
- Italian Fiction
- Italian Art
- Made in the 1490s
- Life of Mary of Nazareth (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--art (subject)
- Life of John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist--fiction (subject)
- John the Baptist--art (subject)
- Four Evangelists (subject)