Florence Baptistry

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Some details: 1] SUD FACE, Gate with 'Life of St. John the Baptist' and 'The eight virtues' (Andrea Pisano, 1330) and group 'The Beheading of St. John the Baptist' (Vincenzo Danti, 1571) - 2] NORD FACE, Gate with 'Scenes from the New Testament' (Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1424) and statuary group 'John the Baptist preaching to a Pharisee and Sadducee' (Francesco Rustici, 1511). 3] EAST FACE, 'Gate of Paradise' with 'Scenes from the Old Testament' (Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1452) and statuary group 'The Baptism of Christ' (Andrea Sansovino, 1502) ...] for other details see == http://arrigosilva.blogspot.com/search/label/Florence_Baptistery - see also an animation of this model I've placed at === http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2MAJRnVXU ========== The baptistry has eight equal sides with a rectangular addition on the west side. The sides, originally in sandstone, are clad in geometrically patterned coloured marble, white Carrara marble with green Prato marble inlay, reworked in Romanesque style between 1059 and 1128. The pilasters on each corner, originally in grey stone, were decorated with white and dark green marble in a zebra-like pattern by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1293. The style of this church would serve as prototype, influencing many architects, such as Leone Battista Alberti, in their design of Romanesque churches in Tuscany... from == http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Baptistry) #ancient_art #Arrigo_Silva #baptistery #baptistry #battistero #cathedral #church #Dal_Bosco #Enrico_Dalbosco #Firenze #Florence #iglesia #Italy #kirche #romanic #San_Giovanni #Santa_Maria_del_Fiore #St_John