Assumption of the Virgin (cupola fresco, Sant’Andrea della Valle)
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Assumption of the Virgin (cupola fresco, Sant’Andrea della Valle) is a monumental Baroque ceiling fresco in Rome depicting the Virgin Mary’s ascent to heaven in a dramatic illusionistic style.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Baroque artwork
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ceiling fresco ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| architecturalElementDecorated | cupola ⓘ |
| artForm | mural painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | create illusion of infinite space ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Feast of the Assumption
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Marian devotion ⓘ |
| colorPalette | luminous and saturated colors ⓘ |
| composition | vertically ascending composition ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Counter-Reformation Catholicism ⓘ |
| depictionType | heavenly vision ⓘ |
| depicts |
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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Virgin Mary ⓘ angels ⓘ heavenly glory ⓘ |
| emotionalTone | ecstatic and triumphant ⓘ |
| function |
devotional image
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liturgical decoration ⓘ |
| genre | sacred art ⓘ |
| iconography | Marian iconography ⓘ |
| lightingEffect | dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ Sant’Andrea della Valle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationType | church dome ⓘ |
| medium | fresco ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| narrativeMoment | moment of Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven ⓘ |
| perspective | illusionistic perspective from below ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| setting | interior of a church ⓘ |
| style |
di sotto in sù
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illusionistic ceiling painting ⓘ quadratura ⓘ |
| subject | Virgin Mary’s ascent to heaven ⓘ |
| technique | buon fresco ⓘ |
| theme |
glorification of the Virgin Mary
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triumph over death ⓘ |
| visualEffect | opening of the dome to the heavens ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Giovanni Lanfranco
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Assumption of the Virgin (cupola fresco, Sant’Andrea della Valle)
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