MWW Artwork of the Day (4/10/22)Giotto di Bondone (Florentine, 1267-1337)Life of Christ #10: Entry i
MWW Artwork of the Day (4/10/22)Giotto di Bondone (Florentine, 1267-1337)Life of Christ #10: Entry into Jerusalem (1304-06)Fresco, 200 x 185 cm.Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), PaduaAround 1305 Giotto executed his most influential work, the painted decoration of the interior of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. This scene here has a solemn narrative tone. Accompanied by his disciples, Christ enters Jerusalem mounted on an ass. The people come to meet him in front of the city gate – we can recognize the Golden Gate on the right of the painting. To honour their Lord, some of them spread their clothes out on the ground. Giotto plainly demonstrates how events are progressing through the various stages of disrobing on the one side, and the movement of the donkey on the other. Movement and counter-movement give us the origin and the end of the procession.You can see all of Giotto’s frescos in this MWW gallery/album:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.458364304268944&type=3 -- source link
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