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==Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth== | '''Lives of Mary of Nazareth and John the Baptist at Tornabuoni Chapel''' (1490) is a cycle of frescoes by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], to decorate the Tornabuoni Chapel, the main chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence [Italy]. The left wall was decorated with nine episodes from the life of Mary of Nazareth, while in the right wall there are eight episodes from the Life of John the Baptist. The cycle is completed with 4 scenes of ''Dominican saints and the donors'' (on the main wall} and the portrait of the ''Four evangelists'' on the vault. | ||
==Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth == | |||
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Lives of Mary of Nazareth and John the Baptist at Tornabuoni Chapel (1490) is a cycle of frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio, to decorate the Tornabuoni Chapel, the main chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence [Italy]. The left wall was decorated with nine episodes from the life of Mary of Nazareth, while in the right wall there are eight episodes from the Life of John the Baptist. The cycle is completed with 4 scenes of Dominican saints and the donors (on the main wall} and the portrait of the Four evangelists on the vault.
Stories from the Life of Mary of Nazareth
Stories 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 Zacharias (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- 2. Visitation (1490 Ghirlandaio), art]
- 3. Birth of the Baptist (1490 Ghirlandaio), art]
- 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 (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- 5. St. John in the Desert as a Boy (1490 Ghirlandaio), art]
- 6. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_15%2C_predicazione_del_Battista.jpg Preaching of the Baptist (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- 7. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_16%2C_battesimo_di_Cristo.jpg Baptism of Christ (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- 8. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Cappella_tornabuoni%2C_17%2C_benchetto_di_erode.jpg Herod's Banquet (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
The Four Evangelists
History and current location
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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:
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.
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- 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)
- Birth of Mary (subject)
- Girlhood of Mary (subject)
- Marriage of Mary and Joseph (subject)
- Annunciation to Mary (subject)
- Adoration of the Magi (event)
- Massacre of the Innocents (subject)
- Death of Mary (subject)
- 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)
- Birth of John the Baptist (subject)
- Young John the Baptist in the Desert (subject)
- Preaching of John the Baptist (subject)
- Baptism of Jesus (subject)
- God (subject)
- God--fiction (subject)
- God--art (subject)
- Beheading of John the Baptist (subject)