Tour: Italian Altarpieces and Religious Sculpture of the 1300s

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Overview

The Gothic style of the twelfth through fifteenth centuries sought to bring a vision of the heavenly paradise to earth. Architecture soared upward on thin columns, and light streamed through tall windows. The shapes of Gothic paintings and sculpture often reflect the pointed arches and steep gables of the churches they adorned.

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Captions

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1	Bernardo Daddi, Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers, 1333
2	Agnolo Gaddi, The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels, c. 1390
3	Agnolo Gaddi, Saint Andrew and Saint Benedict with the Archangel Gabriel [left panel], shortly before 1387
4	Giovanni di Balduccio, Charity, c. 1330
5	Jacopo di Cione, Madonna and Child with God the Father Blessing and Angels, c. 1370/1375
6	Pisan 14th Century, The Virgin Annunciate, 1325/1350
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7	Possibly Pisan 14th Century, Angel with Symphonia, c. 1360
8	Tino di Camaino, Madonna and Child with Queen Sancia, Saints and Angels, c. 1335