Orvieto Italy Cathedral Night BW

The cathedral dominates the central piazza in Orvieto Italy and on a winter night is a lonely sentinel. This gives you time to admire and study the... more

by Joan Carroll

Title

Orvieto Italy Cathedral Night BW

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

Description

The cathedral dominates the central piazza in Orvieto Italy and on a winter night is a lonely sentinel. This gives you time to admire and study the detail, craftsmanship, and symbolism of this Gothic facade which is accentuated by the black and white processing. The construction of the cathedral lasted almost three centuries, time enough for the design to evolve from Romanesque to Gothic. The façade is awash in glittering golden mosaics, most representing scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. The "Coronation of the Virgin Mary" is in the topmost gable. Below that is the large rose window built between 1354 and 1380. In the niches above the rose window stand the twelve apostles, while in niches on both sides twelve Old Testament prophets are represented in pairs. The bas reliefs on the piers depict biblical stories from the Old and New Testaments and are considered the most famous of all 14th century sculpture. The bronze doors are from the 20th century. The Gothic façade of the Orvieto Cathedral is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Late Middle Ages. The church was constructed to commemorate a miracle said to have occurred nearby in 1263 and to provide a suitable home for a relic of that miracle. A priest had doubts about the belief held by the Catholic church that the bread and wine consecrated during the Mass actually becomes the body and blood of Jesus Christ. As he celebrated a mass, the host began bleeding so much that it stained the altar cloth. This altar cloth is now housed in a side chapel of the cathedral.

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October 24th, 2019