Arena Chapel at Padua
Giotto is the father of the Renaissance (and 6 children) and the founder of all modern art. He brought emotion, dimension, and humanity to his tender fresco paintings of Bible stories. Frescoes are painted quickly on wet plaster, thus becoming the walls of the chapel or home. The gold of the halos in this fresco has flaked off and turned black due to oxidation. Giotto's brilliant blue was painted using Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan but, also, didn't hold up well with the fresco treatment. Everything else is just as amazingly beautiful as when created c.1305. It can be seen at The Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, near Padua. Be sure to make reservations a year in advance for your 15 minute stay in this jewel box of early Renaissance art history.
Washing of Feet, Giotto di Bondone
Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in Him.
~John 13:31
Ponder the perfect love of God through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, and call your mother!
3 comments:
How I enjoy your posts. Have a blessed Easter Spartan Sis!
Very lovely.
What a gorgeous place, it reminds me a little of the Brancacci Chapel in Florence which has frescoes by Lippi depicting the life of St. Peter along with a beginning panel of Adam and Eve in the Garden and an ending panel of them being cast out of the garden. They are gorgeous. This blue is still remarkable.
Do you really only get fifteen minutes in there? That is what they said at the Brancacci too, but it was very light the day we went so we sat and drank it in to our heart's content. I love Florence.
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