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  2. San Marco Altarpiece - Wikipedia

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    The San Marco Altarpiece (also known as Madonna and Saints) is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, housed in the San Marco Museum of Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici the Elder , and was completed sometime between 1438 and 1443.

  3. Sacra conversazione - Wikipedia

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    Annalena Altarpiece with predella by Fra Angelico, c. 1438–40 (frame removed), sometimes considered the "first" instance of the sacra conversazione format [1]. In art, a sacra conversazione (Italian: [ˈsaːkra koɱversatˈtsjoːne]; plural: sacre conversazioni), meaning "holy (or sacred) conversation", is a genre developed in Italian Renaissance painting, with a depiction of the Virgin and ...

  4. Santa Lucia de' Magnoli Altarpiece - Wikipedia

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    The polychrome floor, and the architecture, including the base of the Madonna's throne, is depicted with the use of geometrical perspective, an innovation introduced in Italian early Renaissance art. [2] The saints portrayed are St John the Baptist and St Zenobius (patron saints of Florence), St Lucy (titular of the church where the painting ...

  5. List of Catholic artists - Wikipedia

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    Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, Spanish Renaissance art whose works were often religious [621] [622] [623] Francisco Tito Yupanqui, known for Marian statues such as Virgin of Copacabana; [624] [625] [626] there is an effort to have him beatified [627] [628] [629] Marcos Zapata, like many of the Cuzco School, his works dealt with religious ...

  6. Disputation of the Holy Sacrament - Wikipedia

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    The Disputation of the Sacrament (Italian: La disputa del sacramento), or Disputa, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.It was painted between 1509 and 1510 [1] as the first part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.

  7. Mond Crucifixion - Wikipedia

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    A panel at the top of the cross bears the inscription "INRI", while the foot of the cross bears a Latin inscription in silver letters: "RAPHAEL/ VRBIN / AS /.P.[INXIT]" ("Raphael of Urbino painted this"). The work is lit from the left, consistent with the illumination of the altarpiece by the windows in the chapel.

  8. Catholic art - Wikipedia

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    Catholic art has played a leading role in the history and development of Western art since at least the 4th century. The principal subject matter of Catholic art has been the life and times of Jesus Christ , along with people associated with him, including his disciples , the saints , and motifs from the Catholic Bible .

  9. Christian art - Wikipedia

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    As a stable Western European society emerged during the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church led the way in terms of art, using its resources to commission paintings and sculptures. During the development of Christian art in the Byzantine Empire (see Byzantine art ), a more abstract aesthetic replaced the naturalism previously established in ...