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==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
The cycle includes eight scenes from the life of [[John the Baptist]]: | The cycle includes eight scenes from the life of [[John the Baptist]]: | ||
*1. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_10%2C_annuncio_dell%27angelo_a_zaccaria.jpg/794px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_10%2C_annuncio_dell%27angelo_a_zaccaria.jpg Apparition of the Angel to | *1. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_10%2C_annuncio_dell%27angelo_a_zaccaria.jpg/794px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_10%2C_annuncio_dell%27angelo_a_zaccaria.jpg Apparition of the Angel to Zacharias] | ||
*2. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_11%2C_visitazione.jpg/800px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_11%2C_visitazione.jpg Visitation] | *2. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_11%2C_visitazione.jpg/800px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_11%2C_visitazione.jpg Visitation] | ||
*3. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_12%2C_Nascita_di_san_giovanni_battista.jpg/800px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_12%2C_Nascita_di_san_giovanni_battista.jpg Birth of the Baptist] | *3. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_12%2C_Nascita_di_san_giovanni_battista.jpg/800px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_12%2C_Nascita_di_san_giovanni_battista.jpg Birth of the Baptist] | ||
*4. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_13%2C_imposizione_del_nome_al_battista.jpg/704px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_13%2C_imposizione_del_nome_al_battista.jpg | *4. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_13%2C_imposizione_del_nome_al_battista.jpg/704px-Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_13%2C_imposizione_del_nome_al_battista.jpg Zacharias Writes His Son's Name] | ||
*5. [http://www.wga.hu/art/g/ghirland/domenico/6tornab/63tornab/4desert.jpg St. John in the Desert as a Boy] | *5. [http://www.wga.hu/art/g/ghirland/domenico/6tornab/63tornab/4desert.jpg St. John in the Desert as a Boy] | ||
*6. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_15%2C_predicazione_del_Battista.jpg Preaching of the Baptist] | *6. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_15%2C_predicazione_del_Battista.jpg Preaching of the Baptist] |
Revision as of 09:38, 21 June 2012
Stories from the Life of John the Baptist (1490) is a cycle of frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio.
Abstract
The cycle includes eight scenes from the life of John the Baptist:
- 1. Apparition of the Angel to Zacharias
- 2. Visitation
- 3. Birth of the Baptist
- 4. Zacharias Writes His Son's Name
- 5. St. John in the Desert as a Boy
- 6. Preaching of the Baptist
- 7. Baptism of Christ
- 8. Herod's Banquet
History and current location
The frescoes were made to decorate the right wall of the Tornabuoni Chapel, the main chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence [Italy]. The left wall was decorated with Stories from the Life of Mary (1490 Ghirlandaio), art. The entire cycle of frescoes is well-preserved in its original location.
External links
Categories:
- 1490
- Fiction
- Art
- Paintings
- Italian Fiction
- Italian Art
- Made in the 1490s
- John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist--fiction (subject)
- John the Baptist--art (subject)
- Annunciation to Zacharias (subject)
- Zacharias (subject)
- Zacharias--fiction (subject)
- Zacharias--art (subject)
- Visitation of Mary (subject)
- Elizabeth (subject)
- Elizabeth--fiction (subject)
- Elizabeth--art (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Mary of Nazareth--art (subject)
- Birth of John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist in the Desert (subject)
- Preaching of John the Baptist (subject)
- Baptism of Jesus (subject)
- Baptism of Jesus--fiction (subject)
- Baptism of Jesus--art (subject)
- Beheading of John the Baptist (subject)