Archive for posts tagged with ‘basilica’


Jun 20 2011

Baptism of Christ

Baroque / German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

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This is a reproduction of “The Baptism of Christ” of 1674 by John Heiss.  This early Baroque masterpiece is in the Blackfriar’s Church in Augsburg, Germany.  The church dates from 1243 as a center of the bare-footed monks of the Franciscans.  The original convent and church were burned in 1398 and in 1411 a new building was raised.  The first Protestant sermon was given in 1524 and in the eighteenth century the church was rebuilt in the style of the Baroque.  The artist died in 1704 in Augsburg at the age of sixty-four.

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Sep 21 2010

Face before Florence, Faccia di fronte a Firenze, by Troy Caperton of 2010

American / Caperton / Contemporary / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Faccia di Fronte a Firenze” of 2010, an attempt to portray the profile of Giovanni de’ Medici looking out over his city from the newly constructed Dome of the basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.  The year intended is 1448 when the dome was twelve years old and Giovanni was on the verge of being sent to Ferrara to direct a branch of the family’s banking business.

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