COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Pazzi Chapel; Interior Medallions
Image View:
Glazed terracotta relief medallion on wall, figure of an Apostle (by Luca della Robbia)
Creator:
attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi (Italian designer, 1377-1446); Luca della Robbia (Italian sculptor, ca. 1399-1482)
Location:
site: Santa Croce (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
16 Piazza di Santa Croce
GPS:
+43.768619+11.262358
Date:
1429-1461 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
ceramics
Material:
tin-glazed terracotta
Technique:
fabrication attributes: ceramics
Relation Work:
part of Pazzi Chapel
Subjects:
decorative arts; saints; Apostles; Apostles; glazed ceramic roundels; interior; glazed terra cotta roundel; medallion; evangelists; apostles
Description:
One of the most important works in tin-glazed terracotta by Luca della Robbia is the decoration of the Pazzi Chapel comprising 13 roundels with Apostles, some attributable to (2) Andrea della Robbia, four reliefs with the Evangelists (by another hand) and the ceiling of the small cupola in the portico. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-BFI-CP-5-A6
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Pazzi Chapel; Interior Medallions
