Duomo di Orvieto

Även känd som Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

År

1591

Stil

Gotik

Typ

domkyrka

The cathedral at Orvieto was begun in 1290 with the foundation stone laid in the presence of Pope Nicholas IV. The walls follow the local convention of alternating bands of dark basalt and travertine, and an elongated choir and transept…

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1290-1591
Grundläggning och byggande
Påve Nikolaus IV lade grundstenen den 13 november 1290 och inledde en byggkampanj som skulle pågå i tre sekler. Lorenzo Maitanis tillträde som capomaestro omkring 1310 förskjöt utformningen från romansk till gotisk stil; fasaden var i…
1310-1330
Facade campaign
Maitani directed the marble west front with its four sculpted piers, bronze evangelist symbols, and mosaic tympanum.
Lorenzo Maitani
1358
Rose window
Orcagna designed the rose window above the central portal, set within a square frame of sculpted prophet and apostle heads.
Andrea Orcagna
1499-1504
San Brizio frescoes
Signorelli completed the fresco cycle in the Cappella Nuova that Fra Angelico had begun in 1447, painting the Antichrist, the Resurrection of the Flesh, and the Last Judgment.
Luca Signorelli