Tag: Giotto

Compianto sul Cristo morto (1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation of Christ) 1305 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compare: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón 1931 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia    

Cappella degli Scrovegni (Padova)

Completed: 1305 Address: Piazza Eremitani 8, Padova, Italia Website: https://www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it/index.php/it/ Works of Art: • Giotto (c.1267-1337): Bacio di Giuda (c.1303-06) • Giotto (c.1267-1337): Compianto sul Cristo morto (1305) See also: • Chapels | Padova (Italia) | Museums

Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante (1852)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Watercolor over pencil, 36.8 x 47 cm Private collection Study: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London     See also: • Alighieri, Dante…

Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante (1852)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Ink on paper, 19 × 16.8 cm Tate Britain, London The medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri inspired some of Blake‘s and Rossetti‘s greatest pictures. They each saw Dante‘s writings…

John Ruskin

(1819–1900) The artist’s works: Snow Capped Alps c.1845–1849 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Budding Sycamore 1875 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Head of lake of Geneva s.d. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sketches of a secretary vulture s.d. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton View of S. Anastasia…

Pentecoste (c.1310-1318)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) & Workshop Pentecoste (Pentecost) c.1310–1318 Egg tempera on poplar, 45.5 × 44 cm National Gallery, London The simplicity of the storytelling, the inclusion of lively details – like the old man who turns his head to better hear the…

Maestà di Ognissanti (c.1300-1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Maestà di Ognissanti (Majesty of All Saints, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Angels and Saints) c.1300–1305 Tempera on wood, gold background, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Madonna col Bambino (c.1310-1315)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1310–1315 Tempera on poplar panel, 85.4 × 61.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against…

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1320)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1320 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.1 x 43.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture—at once austere and tender—belongs to a series of seven showing the life of…