Saint with clenched fist stands amid group of armoured soldiers, one of them wielding a lance or spear. Detail of late medieval fresco in the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady) at Bolzano / Bozen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Bolzano / Bozen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: a saint stands with a fist clenched amid a group of armoured soldiers as one of them wields a lance of spear in this detail of one of the vibrant but fragmentary medieval frescoes in the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady). The artwork is among many beautiful wall paintings in the cathedral that have survived decades of neglect and World War II bombs and still clearly trace the local and regional evolution of 14th and 15th century figurative art. While some of the early 14th century wall paintings are in the Gothic linear tradition, later works show progression and innovation in their compositional balance and the more natural way in which the artists depicted people. Some show the strong influence of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), the Florentine painter known simply as Giotto, and were probably painted by his pupils or followers. Fourteenth century works here include a Pope Urban V fresco cycle of c. 1370 by the Giotto-influenced Master of San Urbano, while a fresco of c. 1385, attributed to the Master of Seis, depicts St Martin dividing his cloak with his sword to share it with a beggar. Fifteenth century artists represented include Konrad Erlin (Legend of the Seven Sleepers, 1424) and Friedrich Pacher (Legend of St Christopher, 1498). The cathedral, known to German-speaking Roman Catholics as Dompfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, stands on the site of an early Christian basilica. It was enlarged in Romanesque style and re-dedicated in 1180 before gaining a Gothic appearance between 1380 and 1420. The ornate 65m-high open fretwork spire, added in 1517, features gargoyles judged masterpieces of High or Flamboyant Gothic sculpture and architecture.
Size: 2000px × 3008px
Location: Bolzano / Bozen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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