File:Birth of St Mary in Santa Maria Novella in Firenze by Domenico Ghirlandaio.jpg

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Domenico Ghirlandaio: Birth of Mary

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Alternative names	Birth name: Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi; Domenico Currado Bigordi; Domenico Ghirlandajo; Domenico Grillandajo
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	2 June 1448	11 January 1494
Location of birth/death	Florence	Florence
Work location	San Gimignano (1475), Rome (1475), Florence, Rome (1477–1478), Settimo (1479), Lucca (1479), Florence (1480), Poltava (1480–1481), Rome (1481), San Gimignano (1482), Florence (1482–1492), Pisa
Authority file	: Q191423 VIAF: 61554420 ISNI: 0000000121017520 ULAN: 500115228 LCCN: n83319383 NLA: 35053714 WorldCat

Title

Birth of Mary

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Frescos of the life of the Virgin

Object type

fresco

Description

birth of the Virgin Mary

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Date

1485

Medium

fresco and fresco painting

Collection

Tornabuoni Chapel

	Native name	Cappella Tornabuoni
	Parent institution	Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
	Location	Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
	Coordinates	43° 46′ 30.46″ N, 11° 14′ 57.93″ E
	Established	between 1340 and 1348 date QS:P,+1340-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1340-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1348-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Authority file	: Q2593098 VIAF: 138843942 LCCN: nr2002027336 WorldCat

Object location

43° 46′ 30.5″ N, 11° 14′ 57.9″ E

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current	05:06, 10 May 2014	1,284 × 750 (190 KB)	Amandajm	the effect is too harsh. The black and white figures are background, so not in sharp contrast.

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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico

(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

Birth of Mary 1486-90 Fresco Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

"The second scene is the Nativity of the Virgin, executed with great diligence. Among other remarkable things it contains a window which lights the chamber and actually deceives the beholder..." (Vasari).

The second scene, the Birth of Mary, is one of the finest creations in the chapel. The space, which is skillfully constructed along perspective lines, opens up like a display case. It is opulently decorated, with a relief frieze in which putti are dancing a roundel. They appear to be delighting in the birth of the Virgin Mary, for as the Latin inscription at their feet proclaims: "Nativitas tua genitrix virgo gaudium annunziavit universo mundo" (Thy birth, O Virgin and Mother of God, brings joy to all the world). This frieze of putti was inspired by Florentine sculpture, being reminiscent of the two cantorias in the cathedral by <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/d/donatell/2_mature/cantoria/cantori.html')" HREF="/html/d/donatell/2_mature/cantoria/cantori.html">Donatello</A> and <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/r/robbia/luca/cantoria/cantor.html')" HREF="/html/r/robbia/luca/cantoria/cantor.html">Luca della Robbia,</A> created about 1435.

The daughter of the donor, Ludovica Tornabuoni, is entering the birth room from the left with her retinue. She is noticed by the kneeling nurse, who turns and looks at her - an action Ghirlandaio uses to forge a direct link between the biblical and the contemporary. The stiff appearance of this young aristocrat forms a stark contrast to the graceful movements of the maid pouring water. There is an isolated <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/g/ghirland/domenico/9drawing/2novell1.html')" HREF="/html/g/ghirland/domenico/9drawing/2novell1.html">preliminary study</A> for this figure that tells us a great deal about Ghirlandaio's method of drawing using a network of parallel hatching.

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Author: GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico Title: Birth of Mary Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: religious

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