Orcagna, J. - Orcagna

Japanese: オルカーニャ,J. - おるかーにゃ
Orcagna, J. - Orcagna

…Italian painter, sculptor, and architect. His brothers Nardo and Jacopo were also artists. His most famous work as a sculptor is the Tabernacle of the Church of Orsanmichele (1359), the relief of the Assumption of the Virgin at the top of the back of which shows a combination of the firm plasticity of Giotto and the decorativeness of the Sienese school, or an elegant and soft sense of form. This duality is also evident in his painting, the Strozzi Altarpiece (1357) of the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, where the facial features of the saints are depicted with sharp realism. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Orcagna, J." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…イタリアの画家,彫刻家および建築家。彼の兄弟ナルドNardoとヤコポJacopoも美術家。彫刻家としての代表作はオルサンミケーレ教会のタベルナクル(聖龕(せいがん))(1359)で,その背後上部の《聖母被昇天》の浮彫は,ジョットの流れをくむ堅固な彫塑性とシエナ派の影響による装飾性,あるいは優雅でソフトな形態感覚を見せる。この二元性は彼の絵画作品であるフィレンツェのサンタ・マリア・ノベラ教会のストロッツィ家の祭壇画(1357)にも顕著で,さらに聖人たちの相貌描写には鋭い写実性が加わっている。…

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