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Jacopo Torriti or Turriti was an Italian painter and mosaic maker who lived in the 13th century.
He worked in the decoration especially in the apse of
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Christ Child
A mosaic by Jacopo Torriti in the Pushkin Art Museum, Moscow ("Christ Child") *Petersen, Mark R., "Jacopo Torriti: Critical Study and Catalogue Raisonné" (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Virginia, 1989). *Petersen, Mark R., "''In Cor Descendit'': The Motif of the Heavenly Jerusalem at San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome," ''Source: Notes in the History of Art'' (Vol. XI, No. 1, Fall 19991), pp. 1-5. {{DEFAULTSORT:Torriti, Jacopo 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Catholic painters Mosaic artists Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown
Jacopo Torriti or Turriti was an Italian painter and mosaic maker who lived in the 13th century.
He worked in the decoration especially in the apse of San Giovanni in Laterano
The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...
and Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...
in Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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. Those in the Lateran were carried out in conjunction with the Franciscan friar, Jacopo Camerino. They were executed between the years 1287 and 1292, and though in imitation of the style of Cimabue.
There are no written documents about his life. In 1291 he signed the apse mosaics in the basilica San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, which was nearly all redone in 1878. The mosaics of the apse in Santa Maria Maggiore were executed by him in 1295. They depict the Coronation of the Virgin
The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond. Christ, sometimes accompanied by God th ...
by Christ in a large medallion. The medallion is encircled with a sprawling floral ornament with flowers, birds and animals, this probably original from the 4th century. In the lower strip of the mosaic we can see the standing figures of St Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupation ...
, St Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
and Pope Nicholas IV (left side), and St John the Baptist, St James the Great, St Antony and Giacomo Colonna (cardinal) (right side). The walls are decorated with scenes from the life of Mary. The apse of Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important surviving example of Roman mosaic art from the late Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
.
Torriti probably participated in the execution of some frescoes in the upper church of Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; la, Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in ce ...
and frescoes in Abbey of Tre Fontane
Tre Fontane Abbey ( en, Three Fountains Abbey; la, Abbatia trium fontium ad Aquas Salvias), or the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, is a Roman Catholic abbey in Rome, held by monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, better k ...
close to Rome.
In France, a painting of Jacopo Torriti is exhibited at the Museum of Grenoble (Santa Lucia).
References
Italycyberguide
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Christ Child
A mosaic by Jacopo Torriti in the Pushkin Art Museum, Moscow ("Christ Child") *Petersen, Mark R., "Jacopo Torriti: Critical Study and Catalogue Raisonné" (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Virginia, 1989). *Petersen, Mark R., "''In Cor Descendit'': The Motif of the Heavenly Jerusalem at San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome," ''Source: Notes in the History of Art'' (Vol. XI, No. 1, Fall 19991), pp. 1-5. {{DEFAULTSORT:Torriti, Jacopo 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Catholic painters Mosaic artists Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown