Life of the Virgin fresco cycle
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The Life of the Virgin fresco cycle is a series of narrative wall paintings by Giotto depicting key episodes from the Virgin Mary's life, renowned as a masterpiece of early Italian Renaissance art.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fresco cycle
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narrative painting cycle ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | fresco ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in transition from medieval to Renaissance art
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milestone in Western narrative painting ⓘ |
| artist | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | Proto-Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | buon fresco ⓘ |
| colorPalette | tempered but luminous colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian city-state culture ⓘ |
| depicts |
Virgin Mary
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scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual fresco scenes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian salvation history
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Marian devotion ⓘ life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| iconography | Marian iconography ⓘ |
| influenced | Renaissance painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Byzantine art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | pigments on wet plaster ⓘ |
| movement | Early Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional expression of figures
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innovative use of space and volume ⓘ narrative clarity ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | New Testament apocryphal and canonical episodes ⓘ |
| usesPerspective | rudimentary spatial construction ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.