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The tabernacle is composed of a rectangular marble frame, with a triangular top with a sculpted almond depicting the "Blessing Christ and Cherubim". In the center, within an arched opening, are Fra Angelico's panel of the Maestà with twelve musician angels. At the front are two shutter panels with further paintings of saints.
Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. [1] Marble bust of an unknown Roman, by Bianco Bronze head of a child, by Bianco. Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards. [2] He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica.
Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy. The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.
Luigi Del Bianco (May 8, 1892 – January 20, 1969) was an Italian-American sculptor, and chief carver of Mount Rushmore. [1] Early life and education.
Remo Bianco, birth name Remo Bianchi, (3 June 1922 – 23 February 1988) was an Italian painter and sculptor. [1] Biography.
The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211 CE. Matteo Cadario gives specific years of 205–208, noting that the map was based on property records.
Andrea Bianco was a Venetian whose activities can be traced from 1436 to 1459. He is the author of both the Bianco world map (in 1436), in the Biblioteca Marciana, and another Portolan map in 1448, consisting of two parts, kept in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The indication of a year was not the rule on maps in this period.
The Bianco map (1436) The Bianco World Map is a map created by Andrea Bianco , a 15th-century Venetian sailor and cartographer who resided on Chios . This map was a large piece of a nautical atlas including ten pages made of vellum (each measuring 26 × 38 cm).