Mind your head … a young prince or nobleman in a fine red robe points towards his green hat as he walks through a low doorway: detail of one of the Early Renaissance frescoes on the walls and ribbed ceiling vaults in the medieval cloister beside the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption) at Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: a finely-dressed Renaissance man - perhaps a young prince or nobleman - points at his green headgear and seems to be warning “mind your head” as he passes through a low doorway: fresco detail in the medieval cloister attached to the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption). The earliest Late Gothic frescoes here were painted around 1390 by a group of artists active throughout this mainly German-speaking region. Later frescoes are believed to be either solo work by the 15th century painter and sculptor Lienhart Scherhauff (also known as Leonhard von Brixen or Leonardo da Bressanone), or are by his studio, which produced fresco cycles for churches throughout South and East Tyrol. Lienhart and his artists, with their delicate style, transformed the often harsh and crude nature of earlier Tyrolean Christian art, most obviously in the softer and more lifelike faces of Biblical characters. Some works here also feature proof of Leonhard’s own hand: the scorpion signature emblem he used that prompted his title of Maestro dello Scorpione (Master of the Scorpion). The spa city of Bressanone-Brixen was founded in 901 AD, becoming the seat of powerful Prince Bishops whose influence forged links between southern Germany and northern Italy. South Tyrol became part of Italy after the 1914-18 First World War.
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Location: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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