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  2. Brunelleschi Crucifix - Wikipedia

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    Brunelleschi Crucifix, Gondi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence The Brunelleschi Crucifix is a polychrome painted wooden sculpture by the Italian artist Filippo Brunelleschi, made from pearwood around 1410-1415, and displayed since 1572 in the Gondi Chapel at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

  3. Crucifix - Wikipedia

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    In the early Church, many Christians hung a cross on the eastern wall of their house in order to indicate the eastward direction of prayer. [15] [16] Prayer in front of a crucifix, which is seen as a sacramental, is often part of devotion for Christians, especially those worshipping in a church, also privately. The person may sit, stand, or ...

  4. Santa Maria Novella - Wikipedia

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    Here, on the rear wall, is the famous wooden Crucifix by Brunelleschi, one of his very few sculptures. The legend goes that he was so disgusted by the "primitive" Crucifix of Donatello in the Florence's church of Santa Croce that he made this one. The vault contains fragments of frescoes by 13th-century Greek painters.

  5. San Damiano, Assisi - Wikipedia

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    The right wall is home to a rectangular chapel with, at the altar, a wooden crucifix executed by Innocenzo da Petralia in 1637. The nave ends with a deep apse with a modern stone altar, a Baroque wooden tabernacle and the choir.

  6. Crucifixion plaque - Wikipedia

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    Rinnegan Crucifixion Plaque, late 7th or early 8th century The Academy Plaque, NMI. The term Crucifixion plaque refers to small Early Medieval sculptures consisting of a central panel of the still alive but crucified Jesus surrounded by four smaller ancillary panels showing Stephaton and Longinus (the lance and sponge bearers) in the lower quadrants, and two hovering attendant angels in the ...

  7. Přemyslid Crucifix - Wikipedia

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    The Přemyslid Crucifix is a polychromed wooden cross from Jihlava dating from the first half of the 14th century. It is on display at the Picture Gallery of Strahov Monastery in Prague . In 2010, it was declared a national cultural monument by the Czech government.

  8. Cross in the Woods - Wikipedia

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    Cross in the Woods. The Cross in the Woods is a Catholic shrine located at 7078 M-68 in Indian River, Michigan. It was declared a national shrine by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on September 15, 2006. At 55 feet tall, it is the second largest crucifix in the world. The largest Crucifix is in Bardstown, KY, at 60 feet ...

  9. Rafail's Cross - Wikipedia

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    Rafail's Cross is a famous wooden crucifix at Rila Monastery in Bulgaria. The crucifix is a wooden cross made from a whole piece of wood (81 х 43 cm). It was whittled down by a monk named Rafail using fine burins and magnifying lenses to recreate 104 religious scenes and 650 miniature figures.

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