- Jacopo Torriti
Jacopo Torriti or Turriti was an Italian painter and mosaic maker who lived in the 13th century.
He worked in the decoration in
San Giovanni in Laterano andSanta Maria Maggiore inRome . Those in the Lateran were carried out in conjunction with the Franciscan monk,Jacopo Camerino . They were executed between the years 1287 and 1292, and though in imitation of the style ofCimabue .There are no written documents about his life. In 1291 he signed the apse mosaics in the basilica San Giovanni in Laterano in
Rome , which was nearly all redone in 1878. The mosaics of the apse inSanta Maria Maggiore were executed by him in 1295. They depict the Coronation of Mary by Christ in a medallion. The medallion is encircled with a sprawling floral ornament with flowers, birds and animals. In the lower strip of the mosaic we can see the standing figures ofSt Peter , St Paul andPope Nicholas IV (left side), andSt John the Baptist ,St James the Great ,St Antony andJacopo Colonna (right side). The walls are decorated with scenes from the life of Mary. The apse ofSanta Maria Maggiore is the most important surviving example of Roman mosaic art from the lateMiddle Ages .Torriti probably participated in the execution of some frescoes in the higher church of
Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and frescoes in Abbey ofTre Fontane close to Rome.References
* [http://www.italycyberguide.com/Art/artistsarchite/torriti.htm| Italycyberguide]
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 581| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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