The Spanish Chapel

25 minutes
Color
Recommended audience age range 18-adult

Automatic translation by
Systran

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The chapter house of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, now known as the Spanish Chapel, contains an extraordinary fresco cycle by Andrea Bonaiuti. Dr Joanna Cannon explains some of the complex theological themes revealing how Dominican interests inform the imagery designed specifically for religious contemplation.

Part of the series 'Art, Society and Religion in Siena, Florence and Padua, 1280-1400'

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Open University/BBC

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