Maria
Name of structure: | Maria |
Extended name of structure: | Duomo |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Tuscany |
City or area within region: | Siena |
Date of structure: | 10th-11th century |
Century of structure 1: | 10 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 11 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Upper left facade, uncertain date but before 1441. The rest of the original mosaics on the facade and lower facade have now gone. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Young Virgin Mary being presented to the High Priest of the temple |
Date of mosaic: | Before 1441 |
Century of mosaic 1: | 15 AD |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Harding, C., Façade Mosaics of the Dugento and Tregento in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, PhD thesis, University of London, 1983, p. 244 Cadogan, J., Domenico Ghirlandaio, Artist and Artisan (Newhaven: Yale Uni Press, 2000 ),, p. 359 |
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