Peruzzi Chapel frescoes

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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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Label Occurrences
Peruzzi Chapel frescoes canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian Gothic painting ⓘ
fresco cycle ⓘ
religious wall paintings ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod Trecento ⓘ
artStyle Giottesque ⓘ
commissionedBy Peruzzi family ⓘ
condition partially damaged ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Giotto di Bondone ⓘ
linked to: Giotto
depictionType narrative cycles ⓘ
depicts Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist

Saint John the Evangelist ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

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 ⓘ
hasColorCharacteristic muted palette due to deterioration ⓘ
hasPart Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist (cycle) ⓘ
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Evangelist (cycle) ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Basilica of Santa Croce complex ⓘ
inception early 14th century ⓘ
influenced Masaccio ⓘ
Renaissance painting ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Basilica of Santa Croce ⓘ
Florence ⓘ
Peruzzi Chapel ⓘ
locatedInBuilding right transept of Santa Croce ⓘ
materialUsed fresco ⓘ
tempera ⓘ
movement Gothic art ⓘ
Proto-Renaissance ⓘ
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 ⓘ
technique buon fresco ⓘ
fresco secco ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usesCompositionalDevice architectural framing of scenes ⓘ
clear narrative sequencing ⓘ
usesPerspective early experiments with spatial depth ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giotto → notableWork → Peruzzi Chapel frescoes ⓘ
Giotto di Bondone → notableWork → Peruzzi Chapel frescoes ⓘ
subject linked to: di Bondone
Bardi Chapel frescoes → relatedWork → Peruzzi Chapel frescoes ⓘ