LORENZO DI CREDI (b. ca. 1459, Firenze, d. 1537, Firenze) Annunciation 1480-85 Oil on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence This small work is entirely based on the precise division of spaces and surfaces and is valuable evidence of interior decoration during this period (note the elegance of the carved wood which was widely used in those years). It almost seems as if the central theme is not so much the event of the Annunciation as the room itself, which is entered by way of the small step of the simulated predella, and which leads out through a colonnade into an enchanting, or
LORENZO DI CREDI (b. ca. 1459, Firenze, d. 1537, Firenze) Annunciation 1480-85 Oil on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence This small work is entirely based on the precise division of spaces and surfaces and is valuable evidence of interior decoration during this period (note the elegance of the carved wood which was widely used in those years). It almost seems as if the central theme is not so much the event of the Annunciation as the room itself, which is entered by way of the small step of the simulated predella, and which leads out through a colonnade into an enchanting, orderly garden. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: LORENZO DI CREDI Title: Annunciation Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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