Peruzzi Chapel frescoes
E518161
The Peruzzi Chapel frescoes are a celebrated cycle of early 14th-century religious wall paintings in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, renowned for Giotto’s innovative use of narrative, space, and human emotion.
All labels observed (1)
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| Peruzzi Chapel frescoes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5371742 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peruzzi Chapel frescoes Context triple: [Giotto, notableWork, Peruzzi Chapel frescoes]
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Bardi Chapel frescoes
The Bardi Chapel frescoes are a renowned cycle of early 14th-century religious paintings in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, celebrated as a key masterpiece of Giotto’s mature style and a landmark in the development of Renaissance art.
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Contarelli Chapel cycle
The Contarelli Chapel cycle is a renowned series of Baroque paintings by Caravaggio in Rome’s San Luigi dei Francesi, depicting key episodes from the life of Saint Matthew.
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C.
Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)
Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel) is a Baroque altarpiece painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven, created for the Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.
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Stefaneschi Altarpiece
The Stefaneschi Altarpiece is a celebrated early 14th-century triptych by Giotto, created for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and noted for its innovative use of space and expressive religious imagery.
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E.
Contarelli Chapel
The Contarelli Chapel is a renowned side chapel in Rome’s Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, famous for housing Caravaggio’s influential cycle of paintings on the life of Saint Matthew.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peruzzi Chapel frescoes Target entity description: The Peruzzi Chapel frescoes are a celebrated cycle of early 14th-century religious wall paintings in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, renowned for Giotto’s innovative use of narrative, space, and human emotion.
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A.
Bardi Chapel frescoes
The Bardi Chapel frescoes are a renowned cycle of early 14th-century religious paintings in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, celebrated as a key masterpiece of Giotto’s mature style and a landmark in the development of Renaissance art.
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B.
Contarelli Chapel cycle
The Contarelli Chapel cycle is a renowned series of Baroque paintings by Caravaggio in Rome’s San Luigi dei Francesi, depicting key episodes from the life of Saint Matthew.
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C.
Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)
Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel) is a Baroque altarpiece painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the Virgin Mary’s ascent into heaven, created for the Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.
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D.
Stefaneschi Altarpiece
The Stefaneschi Altarpiece is a celebrated early 14th-century triptych by Giotto, created for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and noted for its innovative use of space and expressive religious imagery.
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E.
Contarelli Chapel
The Contarelli Chapel is a renowned side chapel in Rome’s Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, famous for housing Caravaggio’s influential cycle of paintings on the life of Saint Matthew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian Gothic painting
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fresco cycle ⓘ religious wall paintings ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Trecento ⓘ |
| artStyle | Giottesque ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Peruzzi family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| condition | partially damaged ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giotto di Bondone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType | narrative cycles ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint John the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ Scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist ⓘ Scenes from the life of Saint John the Evangelist ⓘ biblical figures ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasArtHistorianCommentaryBy | Giorgio Vasari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic | muted palette due to deterioration ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist (cycle)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Evangelist (cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Basilica of Santa Croce complex ⓘ |
| inception | early 14th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Masaccio
NERFINISHED
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Renaissance painting ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basilica of Santa Croce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florence ⓘ Peruzzi Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | right transept of Santa Croce ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
fresco
ⓘ
tempera ⓘ |
| movement |
Gothic art
ⓘ
Proto-Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive human emotion
ⓘ
innovative use of narrative ⓘ innovative use of space ⓘ |
| partOf | decoration of Santa Croce chapels ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantFor | transition from medieval to Renaissance visual language ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technique |
buon fresco
ⓘ
fresco secco ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalDevice |
architectural framing of scenes
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clear narrative sequencing ⓘ |
| usesPerspective | early experiments with spatial depth ⓘ |
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