Accession Number1980/1.172
TitleMonreale
Artist(s)Giorgio SommerArtist NationalityItalian (culture or style)Object Creation Date1866-1891Medium & Supportalbumen print on paperDimensions 13 in x 16 1/16 in (33.02 cm x 40.8 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Kelsey Museum of ArchaeologySubject matterThis photograph consists of a composite of nine individual photographs which were grouped together as a grid. Each frame depicts a closeup view of an ornately-carved column capital. Sculpted into organic, intertwining patterns with deep undercuts, each capital is different while bearing similar symmetrical, blossom-like compositions. Emerging from these relief carvings, allegorical figures and characters from the Catholic faith enact various scenes from the Bible. Extending downwards from each capital are two columns. Past these forms are glimpses of the structure that the columns support—the cloister of the the cathedral of Monreale on the Italian island of Sicily.
Physical DescriptionThis photograph is a composite of nine individual photographs, each depicting a view of a ornate column’s capital.
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Keywords
Christianity
First Romanesque
Romanesque
Ruins
Sicilian (culture or style)
capital
capitals (column components)
cloister gardens
cloisters
columns (architectural elements)
sculpture (visual works)
stone
stone (worked rock)