03 — ARTWORK
Tabernacle: Dormition (detail)
- MEDIUM
- Marble, lapis lazuli, gold and glass inlay
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
On the back of the tabernaclea small canopied recess or container in which the Eucharist or a holy relic is kept., built to house Bernardo Daddi's repainting of a lost image of the Virgin and Child, is the large reliefA sculptural work in which all or part projects from the flat surface. There are three basic forms: low relief (bas-relief, basso rilievo), in which figures project less than half their depth from the background; medium relief (mezzo-rilievo), in which figures are seen half round; and high relief (alto rilievo), in which figures are almost detached from their background. "Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin." The two scenes, treated as one, are separated by the horizontal band of the tomb.
In the Dormition scene the Apostles who crowd round the Virgin's tomb give vent to their emotions with violent rhetoric. In the middle stands Christ holding a child symbolic of the Virgin's soul, flanked by two angels.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Tabernacle: Dormition (detail) by ORCAGNA},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
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urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
