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Pentecost Rib Vault, 1365-1367 (fresco)

IMAGE number
MEP2627560
Image title
Pentecost Rib Vault, 1365-1367 (fresco)
Artist
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze) (fl.1343-77) / Italian
Photographer
Antonio Quattrone
Location
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
Medium
fresco
Date
1365 AD - 1367 AD (C14th AD)
Image description

Pentecost Rib Vault (Vela della Pentecoste), by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, 14th Century, fresco Whole artwork view. The rib vault of the Pentecost in its entirety, with at the top a white dove, symbol of the Holy Spirit; the scene is dominated by a building on whose upper floor the Apostles are gathered, some face backwards, others in profile; the one in a prominent position is Peter, depicted while pronounces his speech; in the centre Holy Mary stands out, in frontal position, with Her hands joined; at the base of the building, on the street, there are pilgrims of various ethnicities, depicted in different attitudes; below the rib vault one can see the fresco of the triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas, in which the father of the scholasticism is depicted on a big throne, in the centre of the composition, with a book in his hands, surrounded by flying personifications of the theological and cardinal Virtues; at his feet there are three crouched figures, the great heretics defeated; at his sides, from left to right, it is possible to recognize Job, David, Paul, the four evangelists Mark, John, Matthew and Luke, Moses, Solomon; in the lower part there are fourteen decorated aedicules, inside which as many female figures sit symbolizing the Holy sciences, on the left, and the Liberal arts, on the right, each of them holding an object that allow their identification Andrea di Bonaiuto Church of Santa Maria Novella

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Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Antonio Quattrone/Antonio Quattrone / Bridgeman Images
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Medium 711 × 1024 px 60 × 87 mm 1.2 MB

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