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Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence


  • Address: Pza del Carmine
  • Vicinity: Via Santa Monaca
  • Neighborhood of Oltrarno in Florence
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Located in the neighborhood of Oltrarnod, Santa Maria del Carmine is a church notable as the location of the Brancacci Chapel housing outstanding Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, later finished by Filippino Lippi. - AsNotedIn


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Objects of Art

WorkTypeCreatorAsNotedIn
Temptation of Adam and Eve Painting
Tribute Money Painting

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1425/00/00 Masolino da Panicale Painter Some time between 1423 and 1425, Felice Brancacci commissions the Masolino to decorate the walls of the Brancacci Chapel with a series of frescoes from the life of Saint Peter.
1426/00/00 Masaccio Painter On the wall of the Brancacci Chapel, Masaccio creates a fresco from the life of Saint Peter, Tribute Money. The painting transforms the use of perspective and chiaroscuro. Tribute Money
1426/00/00 Masolino da Panicale Painter In the "Temptation of Adam and Eve", Masolino da Panicale paints Adam and Eve as she prepares to bite into a small, oval shaped, green apple, just offered to her by the serpent. Temptation of Adam and Eve Apple

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Particulars for Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence:
Sight Category Building




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