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Scrovegni Chapel

American  
[skroh-veyn-yee, skraw-ve-nyee] / skroʊˈveɪn yi, skrɔˈvɛ nyi /

noun

  1. Arena Chapel.


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The program makes some supplies available, and additional creative inspiration is on offer in the museum-rich city, and in nearby Padua, where Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel frescoes, beloved by both John Ruskin and Marcel Proust, await.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Earlier this month, the northeastern city of Padua, noted for its early 14th-century Giotto frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, and Montecatini Terme, a well-preserved thermal spa town in Tuscany, also made the list.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

This fresco, found at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, is part of a cycle of paintings depicting the life of Mary.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

But it features a set of large drawings based on one of the proto-Renaissance painter’s masterpieces, the interior of Padua’s Scrovegni Chapel.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

He completed his masterpiece, the decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, in about 1305; this depiction of the lives of Mary and Jesus is regarded as the jewel of the early Renaissance.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2010

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