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The church contains fourteen varieties of marble including pillars made of Belgian Red marble, a nave entrance made from Anglesey marble and shafts of Languedoc marble on bases of Purbeck marble. [2] It also contains elaborate woodwork, and in the tower can be found windows of stained glass on the north and south sides, featuring Saint Margaret ...
The altarpiece is a work of art by Josip Palma Jr. At the end of the nave is a marble altar with a marble paneling depicting the Sacred Heart, while the apse houses a marble sarcophagus with the relics of St. Anastasia with the inscription by Bishop Donat (9th century). There are also fragments of medieval frescoes in the cathedral.
Lo Zuccone (Italian pronunciation: [lo dzukˈkoːne]), which translates from Italian as "large head" or "bald head", [1] is the popular name given to a marble statue by Donatello. It was commissioned for the bell tower of the Cathedral of Florence, Italy and completed between 1423 and 1425.
The Proserpina sarcophagus at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. The Proserpina sarcophagus is a Roman marble sarcophagus from the first quarter of the third century AD, in which Charlemagne was probably interred on 28 January 814 in Aachen cathedral. It is displayed today in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury.
[4] [1] These and the cathedral's doors are Pisano's only surviving works. Pisano is known for contributing to freeing modern art from Byzantine influence. He died in 1348. [1] Andrea Pisano had two sons, Nino and Tommaso. [4] Both eventually succeeded him as Master of the Works at Orvieto Cathedral.
A marble sculpture bought for $6 and used as a doorstep could be about to make a fortune. The bust, made by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon, could make over $3 million at auction after a local ...
The iconostasis is carved from the white marble brought from Carrara. The cathedral was completed in 1882, however, the paintings were fully completed only in 1896. [1] St Volodymyr's Cathedral converted to an anti-religious museum by the Soviet regime in the early 1920s. The cathedral risked damage during the Polish–Soviet War in 1920. [2]
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