The Padua Baptistery, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a baptistery on the Piazza del Duomo next to the cathedral in Padua, Italy. Preserved inside is one of the most important fresco cycles of the 14th century, a masterpiece by Giusto de' Menabuoi.
The PaduaBaptistery, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a baptistery on the Piazza del Duomo next to the cathedral in Padua, Italy. Preserved inside...
University of Padua between 2011 and 2012 has expanded knowledge of the entire area around the Episcopal Palace, the cathedral, and the Baptistery. In the north-east...
where he worked on commissions and taught others; his periods in Rome, Padua, and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy the techniques he had developed...
active in Padua in the late 14th century, Altichiero and Giusto de' Menabuoi. Giusto's masterpiece, the decoration of the PaduaBaptistery, follows the...
"Carrara Burials in the Baptistery of Padua", The Art Bulletin 69.3 [September 1987], pp. 376-394). Kohl, Benjamin G. (1998). Padua under the Carrara, 1318–1405...
is a restoration. The PaduaBaptistery is believed to have been built contemporaneously with the 1120s reconstruction of Padua Cathedral, a revision of...
points being the competition for designs for the doors of the Florence Baptistery, announced in late 1400, and Michelangelo's Pietà, completed in 1499,...
responsible for the commission of the cycle of frescoes in the Baptistery of the Padua Cathedral and the construction of the Church of the Santa Maria...
Padua), called il Vecchio, was Lord of Padua from 1350 to 1388. The son of the assassinated Giacomo II da Carrara, he succeeded him as lord of Padua by...
by Andrea Pisano on the bronze door of the south porch of the Florence Baptistery (c. 1337), by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Palazzo Publico in Siena (c. 1340)...
especially those on the large raised pulpits of the pulpit in the Pisa Baptistery (dated 1260) and Siena Cathedral Pulpit. He had a large workshop, including...
with ancient Roman sarcophagi. Their masterpieces are the pulpits of the Baptistery and Cathedral of Pisa. Contemporary with Giovanni Pisano, the Florentine...
reliefs of the doors of the Florence Baptistery by Lorenzo Ghiberti, a young sculptor in his twenties. The Baptistery already had two doors carved by Andrea...
Visitation of Mary and St. Anthony of Padua (left), respectively. The left aisle is also home to a Baroque-style baptistery from the mid-18th century, a funerary...
influenced Giotto, include a Flagellation (Frick Collection), mosaics for the Baptistery of Florence (now largely restored), the Maestà at the Santa Maria dei...
Lorenzo Ghiberti. Ghiberti was the creator of the doors of the Florence Baptistery and his workshop was the premier centre for Florentine art at the time...
flying buttresses. Other important early buildings included the Parma Baptistery by Benedetto Antelami and the Basilica di Sant'Andrea in Vercelli, which...
in the antique style. The competition for the north door of Florence's Baptistery, sponsored by the Arte di Calimala in 1401, further highlights these two...
College Library, Dublin, late 13th century. Fresco in the Baptistery of the Cathedral of Padua, 14th century by Giusto de' Menabuoi (Apocalypse). Angel...
chromolithographs by Ongania. Gubernatis wrote about Prosdocimi's vedute of The Baptistery: by regularity of line and perspective, by evidence of light effects,...
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