Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Porta di San Ranieri [electrotype reproduction]
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Preferred Title:
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Porta di San Ranieri [electrotype reproduction]
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Alternate Title:
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Reproduction of doors from Pisa Cathedral
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Image View:
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Overall view, both doors
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Creator:
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after Bonanno Pisano (Italian sculptor, active late 12th century); Messrs Giovanni Franchi and Sons (British cast maker, active ca. 1850-1900)
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Location:
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repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1865-58
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Date:
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ca. 1865 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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British; Italian
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Style Period:
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Gothic (Medieval); Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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replica
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Work Type 2:
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door
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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electrotyped metal, patinated
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Technique:
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electroforming
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Measurements:
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167.5 x 290 cm (width)
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Relation Work:
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part of Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Courts
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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This doorway, known as the 'Porta di San Ranieri' is decorated with scenes from the life of Jesus and Mary. The bronze original dates from about 1180 and is now in the south transept of Pisa Cathedral, Pisa, Italy. Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Four
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Identifier:
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7A3-RE-VA-PG-B1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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