Virtues and Vices frescoes
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The Virtues and Vices frescoes are a celebrated series of allegorical wall paintings by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, depicting moral qualities through personified figures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting series
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fresco cycle ⓘ |
| artist | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | Italian Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Enrico Scrovegni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christian moral vices
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Christian moral virtues ⓘ personifications of moral qualities ⓘ vices ⓘ virtues ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 1305 ⓘ |
| function |
didactic religious imagery
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
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allegorical art ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
allegory of Charity
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allegory of Despair NERFINISHED ⓘ allegory of Envy ⓘ allegory of Faith ⓘ allegory of Folly ⓘ allegory of Fortitude ⓘ allegory of Hope ⓘ allegory of Inconstancy ⓘ allegory of Infidelity ⓘ allegory of Injustice ⓘ allegory of Justice ⓘ allegory of Prudence ⓘ allegory of Temperance ⓘ allegory of Wrath ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles" ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme | Last Judgment preparation ⓘ |
| inception | early 14th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later Renaissance moral allegories ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Padua NERFINISHED ⓘ Veneto ⓘ |
| location | Scrovegni Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | pigment on plaster ⓘ |
| medium | fresco ⓘ |
| movement | Proto-Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Scrovegni Chapel fresco cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Scrovegni Chapel decoration program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInChapel | lower register of the walls ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Trecento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 1303 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles ⓘ |
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