Tag: church

Santa Croce (Firenze)

Groundbreaking: 1294 Completed: 1385 Consecrated: 1443 Architects: Arnolfo di Cambio, Filippo Brunelleschi Style: Gothic, Renaissance, Gothic Revival Location: Piazza Santa Croce, 16 – 50122 Firenze Website: https://www.santacroceopera.it/ Burials: • Clary, Julie (1771-1845) • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455)…

Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-1514)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…

Duomo (Castelfranco Veneto)

Duomo Arcipretale Abbaziale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Liberale Completed: 1745 Location: Vicolo del Cristo, 14, 31033 Castelfranco Veneto TV, Italia Works of Art: • Giorgione (c.1477-1510): Pala di Castelfranco (c.1503-04) See also: • Castelfranco Veneto (Italia) | Cathedrals | Churches

Catedral de Santa María de Valencia (Valencia)

Consecrated: 1238 Address: Plaza de la Limosna, s/n, Ciutat Vella, 46003 Valencia, España Website: https://catedraldevalencia.es/ Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (1788) See also: • Cathedrals | Churches | Valencia (España)

Saint Barbara (1437)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…

Madonna in the Church (c.1437-1440)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna in the Church c.1437–1440 Oil on oak panel, 31.1 x 13.9 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Madonna in the Church is one of the most beautiful and precious works of art created by Jan van Eyck. Copies…

Saint Bavo’s Cathedral (Ghent)

Consecrated: 942 Completed: 1628 Address: Sint-Baafsplein 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website: https://www.sintbaafskathedraal.be/en/ Works of Art: • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441): Ghent altarpiece (1432) See also: • Bavo of Ghent | Cathedrals | Churches | Ghent (Belgium)

The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Annunciation described by Saint Luke is interpreted in terms of actuality in this painting, which was probably once…

Allegory of Faith (1670-1672)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Allegory of Faith (Allegorie op het geloof) 1670–1672 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch…

View of Delft (c.1660-1661)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) c.1660–1661 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 115.7 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague View of Delft today: This is the most famous cityscape of the Dutch seventeenth century. The interplay of light and shade,…