VRA Core 4 Example 27: Fresco cycle in a chapel

Work record [refid 29]
agent	Enrico Scrovegni (Italian patron, died ca. 1336); Giotto (Italian painter, ca. 1266-1337)
culturalContext	Italian
date	ca. 1303-1306 (creation) [date note] Dated no earlier than 1303, when the building was evidently under construction.
description	The frescoes include the Last Judgement on the entrance wall and three tiers of fresco panels on the two lateral walls that contain scenes from the Life of Joachim and Anna, the Life of the Virgin, and the Life of Christ. The choir arch contains the Annunciation. Between the main scenes Giotto used a faux architectural scheme of painted marble decorations and small recesses. There are allegorical figures of the Virtues and Vices painted in grisaille (as though they were monochrome relief sculptures) on the dado level of the walls.
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location	Arena Chapel (Padua, Veneto, Italy) [location note] The chapel is also known as the Arena Chapel because it was built on land purchased by Enrico Scrovegni that abutted the site of a Roman arena.
material	pigment on plaster (fresco)
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source	Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) [source, description] Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com (accessed 6/1/2009)
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stylePeriod	Medieval
subject	allegorical; architectural interiors; cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Christian iconography; the Passion
technique	fresco painting (technique)
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title	Arena Chapel frescoes [en, cited, preferred] Frescoes in the Capella degli Scrovegni [en, cited, alternate]
worktype	paintings (visual works); frescoes (paintings)