Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi,Pala Strozzi, three magi presenting gifts to Christ child Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Gentile da Fabriano first worked in Venice, but his early frescoes are now destroyed. By 1422 he had joined the Florentine guild, and started a workshop. He is regarded as a leading exponent of the so-called International Gothic style, and his pictures are elegant and stylish. In fact his unifying use of light predates Masaccio. He probably taught Jacopo Bellini in Florence. Gentile's art is typical of the International Style, a manner of painting which became popular at courts throughout Europe in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. Characterized by a refined decorative elegance, a concern for continuous rhythms, and the lavish use of gold and bright colors, this aristocratic manner fused the stylized art of the Middle Ages with the emerging naturalistic interests of the Renaissance. In 1423, for the sacristy of Santa Trinità in Florence, he painted his masterpiece, the Adoration of the Magi (now in the Galleria degli Uffizi, in Firenze). Commissioned by Palla Strozzi, this brilliant narrative spectacle is rich with sentiment, psychological observation, and an unusually detailed description of nature.
Size: 3624px × 2416px
Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Photo credit: © David Collingwood / Alamy / Afripics
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