GIOTTO di Bondone (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) No. 36 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua The main figures in the Lamentation express their grief with a restraint of gesture reminiscent of the art of antiquity, as can be seen, for instance, in the figure of St John, who bends over with his arms outspread, or the saint on the far right, who stands with his arms at his sides, his hands clasped - a gesture which appears in the same scene at Assisi. In this fresco Giotto has aban
GIOTTO di Bondone (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) No. 36 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua The main figures in the Lamentation express their grief with a restraint of gesture reminiscent of the art of antiquity, as can be seen, for instance, in the figure of St John, who bends over with his arms outspread, or the saint on the far right, who stands with his arms at his sides, his hands clasped - a gesture which appears in the same scene at Assisi. In this fresco Giotto has abandoned the frenetic movement typical of Byzantine scenes of the Deposition to return to an older, fuller, more solemn expressiveness reminiscent of Greek tragedy. Like an arrow, the rocky ridge in the background descends to indicate the emotional fulcrum of the composition: the juxtaposed heads of Mary and Christ. The figures in this scene have been given a corporeality that makes them among the most impressive of fourteenth-century art. *** Keywords: ************* Author: GIOTTO di Bondone Title: No. 36 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) Time-line: 1301-1350 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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