•Made out of white Carrare marble, green marble, red mareme with mosaic in colored glass with silver and gold underline. Also used gold and lapis lazuri in it.
•commissioned in 1354 by Tommaso di Rosello Strozzi for the altar of the family chapel in S Maria Novella.
•He designed the tabernacle as a completely self-contained domed structure to enclose the paintings of the virgin’s life.
•At least 117 figural reliefs and statues were carved to enhance the beauty of the tabernacle.
•To emphasize authorship, Orcagna included his signature on the figure of St. Andrew that was a self portrait of himself.
•Orcagna’s transformed the Gothic style into a richer and more decorated.
•Originally made so that it can be viewed by walking through main street @ Palazzo dela Signoria.
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