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Arturo Martini. I capolavori

Treviso, Museo “luigi Bailo”, March 31 - July 30, 2023.
Edited by Stringa Nico and Fabrizio Malachin.
Cornuda, 2023; paperback, pp. 278, col. ill., cm 23x29.

cover price: € 33.00

Arturo Martini. I capolavori

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Arturo Martini. I capolavori

Treviso, Museo “luigi Bailo”, March 31 - July 30, 2023.
Edited by Stringa Nico and Fabrizio Malachin.
Cornuda, 2023; paperback, pp. 278, col. ill., cm 23x29.

FREE (cover price: € 33.00)

Arturo Martini. I capolavori

Studi su Arturo Martini. Per Ofelia

Edited by Matteo Ceriana and Claudia Gian Ferrari.
Milano, Atti del Covegno, 19 maggio 2008.
Milano, 2009; paperback, pp. 136, 97 b/w ill., cm 17x24.

FREE (cover price: € 29.00)

Studi su Arturo Martini. Per Ofelia

Canova. L'invenzione della gloria. Disegni, dipinti e sculture.

Genova, Palazzo Reale, April 16 - July 24, 2016.
Edited by Giuliana Ericani and Franceasco Leone.
Roma, 2016; paperback, pp. 306, col. ill., col. plates, cm 23x30.

FREE (cover price: € 35.00)

Canova. L'invenzione della gloria. Disegni, dipinti e sculture.

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The Façade Reliefs of Orvieto Cathedral

Harvey Miller Publishers

English Text.
London, 2010; clothbound, pp. 245, 164 b/w plates, cm 22x28.
(Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History. HMSAH. 57).

series: Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History. HMSAH

ISBN: 1-905375-27-1 - EAN13: 9781905375271

Subject: Religious Architecture/Art

Places: Umbria and Marche

Languages:  english text  

Weight: 1.48 kg


This book presents in word and image the façade of Orvieto Cathedral, the reliefs of which are considered to be among the most beautiful and powerful of the Trecento. The town of Orvieto, located half-way between Rome and Florence, played an important and strategic role in the political struggles in Italy during the latter part of the thirteenth century. Frequently the place of residence for popes and their Angevins allies, it became the seat of the Curia under Pope Nicholas IV, which brought wealth and economic growth to the community. Moreover, it enabled earlier plans for a new cathedral, initiated around 1285, to be finally realised. It was Pope Nicholas himself who laid the foundation stone of the new Duomo in 1290, and although building activity continued until well into the seventeenth century, most of the main portion of the building was complete by 1308, creating a dazzling and unique Gothic structure. The façade of the Cathedral in particular, is a masterpiece of design and relief sculpture. Its rich decorative carving is of outstanding quality and the innovative, compelling iconographic programme spreads across all four piers of the lower façade.

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