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The façade, detail of the covering of the four pillars of the doors

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GRL6262851
Image title
The façade, detail of the covering of the four pillars of the doors
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Artist
Maitani, Lorenzo (c.1255-1330) (and workshop) / Italian
Photographer
Ghigo Roli
Location
Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta), Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
Image description

The façade, whose building started at the end of the XIII century. Detail of the covering of the four pillars of the doors. These are marble slabs with bas-reliefs executed between 1320 and 1330 by Lorenzo Maitani with the help of Sienese and Pisan craftsmenSubject: biblical scenes from creation to Jubal: six series of bas-reliefs of an ivy plant whose branches divide the main scenes. In the first pillar, therefore, the Stories of Genesis are contemplated: Creation of fish, birds, plants; Creation of mammals; Creation of man in the presence of two angels; God gives life to Adam and extracts the rib to create Eve; Adam and Eve brought into Eden, the original Sin, the condemnation; Expusion from Eden; Adam hoes and Eve lines up; Offers of Cain and Abel; Cain kills Abel; Noemi teaches a child to read; Juval invents sounds; one of Adam's sons with a compass. Orvieto, Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (o Duomo): la facciata, iniziata alla fine del XIII secolo. Particolare del rivestimento dei quattro pilastri delle porte. Si tratta di lastree marmoree con bassorilievi eseguite tra il 1320 e il 1330 da Lorenzo Maitani con l'aiuto di maestranze senesi e pisane.Soggetto:seguito delle scene bibliche con le profezie messianiche. Tra i girali di acanto si sviluppano i seguenti temi: Adamo o Abramo dormiente; Re David, Re Salomone, Roboamo, Abia, Asa, Giosafat; Maria e Cristo. Ai lati i profeti con le loro tabelle. Le scene rappresentano: Balaam; la vocazione di Giosuè; il Miracolo di Gedeone; Davide unto re; Presentazione di Samuele a Elia; I fanciulli di Israele in Egitto; il pane e il vino preparati da Melchisedech ad Abramo; Crocifissione.

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Image keywords
Bible / cathedral / Italy / Europe / old testament / arte / Art / arte medioevale / medieval art / bassorilievo / bas-relief / bibbia / cattedrale / cathedral / crocifissione / crucifixion / facciata / façade / gotico / gothic / il trecento / the 14th century / italia / lorenzo maitani / basilica / Cattedrale di S. Maria

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