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298: 322: 310: 358: 194:; and here a less Byzantine flair is demonstrated, presenting figures that have been inserted into life-like spaces illusionistically depicted. Also in the stories of Christ and John the Baptist, frescoed on the walls, appear finely calculated architectural representations into which the painter has inserted his solemn, static images. The figures represented in the surrounding scenes, however, appear freer, for example in the Wedding Feast at Cana, where a group of servants moves naturally about the room in contrast to the static diners. From the analysis of these stylistic choices it is clear that the use of 141: 17: 346: 99: 334: 25: 210:
time. God the Father can interrupt the course of natural events to manifest His will to mankind: which occurred during the three hours of darkness that accompanied the agony and death of Jesus. Through his angels, represented here, God dominates and neutralizes the influence of the planetary demons
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in 1405, Venetian soldiers demolished the grand burial monuments and covered the numerous emblems of Francesco il Vecchio with green paint. After various partial restorations in the 20th century, the work is currently awaiting an important full restoration.
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effects was for Giusto a precise component willingly chosen to bring about an expressive and symbolic end: he was perhaps the only 14th century painter with the presence of mind to make conscious selections among these different pictorial languages.
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began in the 12th century, probably on top of an existing structure; it underwent various reworkings in the following century, and was consecrated by Guido, patriarch of Grado, in 1281. Between 1370 and 1379 it was restored and adapted as a
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and his wife, Fina Buzzaccarini. The latter oversaw the decorative work, entrusting it to
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cycle decorating the walls, painted between 1375 and 1376 by
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Polyptych by Giusto de' Menabuoi on the baptistery altar
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On the walls adjacent to the altar are represented the
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Padova - il Battistero - la Bestia con la tiara papale
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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
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St. John the Baptist
baptistery
Piazza del Duomo
Padua
fresco
Giusto de' Menabuoi
baptistery
mausoleum
Francesco il Vecchio da Carrara
Giusto de' Menabuoi
House of Da Carrara

fresco
Giusto de' Menabuoi
cupola
Christ Pantocrator
Mother of God
St. John the Baptist
Polyptych by Giusto de' Menabuoi on the baptistery altar

polyptych
Book of Revelation
tholobate
book of Genesis
pendentives
zodiac
cosmic
History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes

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