MARBLE AND PTOPHETS by apo43
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Venice. The Frari’s Basilica. The stone structure of the Choir.
The front of the choir is enshrouded by an Istrian structure added in 1478, when Giacomo Morosini was Procurator of the church. In the stone panels are the busts in relief, emerging from foliage, of the Patriarchs and Prophets of the Old Testament. From the left and up above the observer can view Abraham, David, St. John the Baptist, Enoch, Jonah, Jacob, Elisha, Daniel, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah. The last one on the right, containing the inscription “Soli Deo Honor at Gloria”, portraits Morosini. Beneath the ambos are the four Doctors of the Church: St. Gregory the Great and St. Jerome on the left, while on the right, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine.
Above the crowning, with an arch in the middle and two ambos on either side, there are the statues of eight Apostles and St. Anthony and St. Francis attributed to Vittore Gambello known as Camelio (1460-1537). The Virgin and St, John, by the same sculptor, are positioned on top of the grand central arch and flank the stark Crucifix attributed to Andrea Verrocchio (1436-1488).
Comments (2)
Cyve
Fantastic capture !
alida
awesome art work