From July 7th 2005 until January 8th 2006 Umbria remembers Arnolfo di Cambio, the master of sculpture who died seven hundred years ago, with a striking exhibition inside the beautiful National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia and also in Sant’Agostino’s church in Orvieto. In Perugia and Orvieto exhibitions there will be marvellous works of art by the artist and also paintings by various artists of that period as Cimabue, Duccio di Boninsegna and Giotto.
PERUGIA - National Gallery of Umbria, Podiani Hall
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Reconstruction of the fountain “griffin and lion” (by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1281, initially placed in front of the Main Fountain)
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The five surviving marbles
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Reproduction of the ancient city centre of Perugia (from the lost fountain by Arnolfo to the old cathedral and fountain by Nicola Pisano)
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Frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue coming from the basilica of S. Francesco of Assisi
- A whole section dedicated to the years 200 and 300 with an exposition of precious sacred vestments, mined codes, jewellery and papal documents.
ORVIETO -
Church of St. Agostino
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Exhibition site mainly dedicated to the renaissance of the city and linked to urban, cultural and artistic changes during 200 and 300. Among the many works of art, the monument to the cardinal Guglielmo de Braye.
Apart of the exhibitions, in both of the cities there are two very important monuments: in Perugia, inside the church of S. Domenico, the cenotaph of Benedetto XI and, in Orvieto, the funeral monument of Cardinal De Braye by Arnolfo di Cambio.
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