More Subjects
Part1
Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337), was an Italian artist and architect of the Proto-Renaissance style. One of the leading painters of Western European art. Having conquered the traditions of Byzantine icon painting, he became the real founder of the school of painting in Italy, and was the creator of the image of space in the monumental wall painting. Giotto's creations were admired by Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. The perspective of the fresco space of the upper church of San Francesco is similar to the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. Giotto created this creation in the period from 1303 - 1305. Giotto is often considered the architect of the chapel (but this is a controversial issue among researchers). It is an indisputable fact that he painted the frescoes for the chapel. Since then, it was noted by the chronicler Riccobaldo, who spoke of them as "the creation of Giotto." Under the direction of Giotto, the central nave of the chapel del Arena painted, and the Giotto’s school also owned paintings on the walls of the apse (1317). “In 38 framed panels, Giotto presented in the top level, the lives of the Virgin and her parents, Joachim and Anna; in the middle zone, the life and mission of Jesus; and, in the lowest level, the Savior's passion and resurrection” (Fred, 2017, p.410).
Masaccio included the three diverse flashes of the story in the same potrait. The tax collector making his request to Jesus and his answer to Peter's question asking him how to find the necessary money by pointing to the sea as shown in the center. On the left, Peter grabs the fish in the lake and extracts the tribute. On the right, Pierre gives the money to the tax collector opposite his house.
The Catholic chapel is a religious building not intended for public worship. The Great Chapel, which is the famous Sistine Chapel, was built to serve as a meeting place for the cardinals of the Roman church. Since the return of the Pope to the Vatican from the "Avignon Captivity" at the end of the XIV century.
Part2
Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Altarpiece, 1474-76
The central work of the master and one of the most significant works of Dutch art of the second half of the XV century. We have the right to consider the famous "Portinari Altar", which went down in history under the name of the customer. “The central part depicts a scene of worship or Christmas, which is already well known to us ichnographically in many respects - these motifs traditionally merge” (Elizabeth, 2015). The Mother of God is on her knees in front of a baby lying on bare earth. Left to the side of Joseph with praying folded hands. To the right in the upper corner are three shepherds (the composition also includes a shepherd's worship motive).
References
Fred P. Kleiner. (2017). Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II
(15th ed). Cengage. ISBN: 9781305645059
Elizabeth, M. (2015). The Portinari Altarpiece. Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity,
28(6), 54–55. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=110504837&site=eds-live
More Subjects
Join our mailing list
© All Rights Reserved 2024