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Battistero di San Giovanni, Interior and Baptismal Font Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, Interior and Baptismal Font
No full textSitting on an octagonal, two-step stone platform and occupying the center of the Volterra baptistery's interior space is a large, octagonal font whose eight sides are decorated with marble intarsia, alternating diamond and oval patterns. Sources give 1759/1760 as the date this font was created and list the artist as Giovanni Vaccà.
The font is surmounted by a sculpted figure of St. John the Baptist. (It is not clear whether the sculpture was part of Vaccà's work or added later.)
The Baroque font offers an aesthetic contrast to its Romanesque setting. The interior walls of the octagonal baptistery (13th C.) are bare masonry, punctuated with six shallow niches that stretch from the floor nearly to the base of the second story slit windows.
ca. December 198
Battistero di San Giovanni, Interior and Baptismal Font Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, Interior and Baptismal Font
No full textSitting on an octagonal, two-step stone platform and occupying the center of the Volterra baptistery's interior space is a large, octagonal font whose eight sides are decorated with marble intarsia, alternating diamond and oval patterns. Sources give 1759/1760 as the date this font was created and list the artist as Giovanni Vaccà.
The font is surmounted by a sculpted figure of St. John the Baptist. (It is not clear whether the sculpture was part of Vaccà's work or added later.)
The Baroque font offers an aesthetic contrast to its Romanesque setting. The interior walls of the octagonal baptistery (13th C.) are bare masonry, punctuated with six shallow niches that stretch from the floor nearly to the base of the second story slit windows.
In the background of this image is an altar framed with a marble frieze designed by Mino da Fiesole (Italian sculptor, ca. 1430-1484) and executed by Balsimelli from Settignano. The wood panel painting of the Ascension above the altar was painted by Niccolò Circignani in 1591.
ca. December 198
Battistero di San Giovanni, Interior and Baptismal Font, Facing Main Entrance Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, Interior and Baptismal Font, Facing Main Entrance
No full textSitting on an octagonal, two-step stone platform and occupying the center of the Volterra baptistery's interior space is a large, octagonal font whose eight sides are decorated with marble intarsia, alternating diamond and oval patterns. Sources give 1759/1760 as the date this font was created and list the artist as Giovanni Vaccà.
The font is surmounted by a sculpted figure of St. John the Baptist. (It is not clear whether the sculpture was part of Vaccà's work or added later.)
The Baroque font offers an aesthetic contrast to its Romanesque setting. The interior walls of the octagonal baptistery (13th C.) are bare masonry, punctuated with six shallow niches that stretch from the floor nearly to the base of the second story slit windows.
ca. December 198
San Giovanni Baptistery, ExteriorBaptistery of St. John the Baptist, Exterior
No full textIn Varese (Piedmont region of Lombardy, about 55 km northwest of Milan) the baptistery of San Giovanni stands adjacent to the Basilica of San Vittore. The baptistery was originally built with a polygonal floor plan in the 8th or 9th C., making it the oldest construction extant in Varese. However, this history was only uncovered in the course of a restoration project in 1948. A number of reconstructions between the 11th C. / 13th C. and 1880 built over the ancient walls, resulting in the present rectangular building with a groined vault, presbytery and gallery.ca. July 199
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF PRIMARY PRODUCERS IN SHALLOW MARINE WATER DUE TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT
No full textCambia la musica nell'Italia che decolla. Società, giovani e sound dagli anni '50 al '68. Prefazione di Francesco Barbagallo
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The Musical Life of Billy Cioffi: A Narrative Inquiry
No full textabstract: The purpose of this study is to raise questions by exploring, writing, imagining, and telling the musical life stories of Billy Cioffi. Billy Cioffi is a professional musician, band leader, private teacher, professor of English, and, formerly, a musical director for acts such as Chuck Berry, Del Shannon, and others. In this document I explore the life of Billy Cioffi with the following questions in mind: 1. What might Billy's musical experiences, expertise, teaching, and learning teach us about music education? 2. What might the story of Billy’s musical life cause us to question about institutional music education? 3. How might his story trouble beliefs and perceptions about music teaching and learning? Prior to Billy’s story, which appears as a novella, I raise questions about popular music, its histories, and its place in music education contexts. Following the novella, I invite readers into four different “endings” to this document.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation Music Education 201
Battistero Giovanni ad Fontes, Font Detail St. John the Baptist Baptistery, Font Detail
No full textLomello, in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, in northwestern Italy, is an ancient settlement. One of the oldest baptisteries in Lombardy, the Baptistery of San Giovanni ad Fontes was erected there on a Roman burial site. Built between the 5th C. (lowest portions) and the 7th C. (the upper portion was rebuilt during the 8th C.; the baptistery was last restored in 1941), the octagonal structure has alternating semi-circular and rectangular niches which create an essentially cruciform footprint. The building center rises above the roof line of the niches in an octagonal shape. Eight arched windows, one on each wall of the octagon, provide light for the space within. A small lantern tops the baptistery. The font is 7th C. Lombard, an irregular hexagon about 2 meters wide. It was constructed for the rite of immersion then later adapted for the rite of sprinkling. (The practice of baptism by immersion was abandoned in Italy around the 6th C.) Traces of the original painting decoration are still visible on the font, including geometric designs, the figure of a cross and fragments of inscriptions. ca. July 199
Battistero Giovanni ad Fontes Interior, Font DetailSt. John the Baptist Baptistery Interior, Font Detail
No full textLomello, in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, in northwestern Italy, is an ancient settlement. One of the oldest baptisteries in Lombardy, the Baptistery of San Giovanni ad Fontes was erected there on a Roman burial site. Built between the 5th C. (lowest portions) and the 7th C. (the upper portion was rebuilt during the 8th C.; the baptistery was last restored in 1941), the octagonal structure has alternating semi-circular and rectangular niches which create an essentially cruciform footprint. The building center rises above the roof line of the niches in an octagonal shape. Eight arched windows, one on each wall of the octagon, provide light for the space within. A small lantern tops the baptistery. The font is 7th C. Lombard, an irregular hexagon about 2 meters wide. It was constructed for the rite of immersion then later adapted for the rite of sprinkling. (The practice of baptism by immersion was abandoned in Italy around the 6th C.) Traces of the original painting decoration are still visible on the font, including geometric designs, the figure of a cross and fragments of inscriptions. ca. July 199
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