Crucifix Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337)
Giotto di Bondone – Crucifix
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Painter: Giotto di Bondone
Location: Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
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1330; board, tempera; Strasbourg Municipal Museum. The role of Giotto di Bondone in the formation of Italian pictorial art is difficult to overestimate. It was thanks to him that an entirely new approach to depicting the spatial dimension in paintings appeared, they gained depth and dimensionality. Most of the artist worked on the painting of churches, images of frescoes, icons. His work is dominated by traditional motifs of Christian myths, but the master’s hand is recognizable in each of his creations. "The Crucifixion of Christ" captures the tragic moment of the death of the Son of God on Mount Calvary.
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1330; board, tempera; Strasbourg Municipal Museum.
The role of Giotto di Bondone in the formation of Italian pictorial art is difficult to overestimate. It was thanks to him that an entirely new approach to depicting the spatial dimension in paintings appeared, they gained depth and dimensionality. Most of the artist worked on the painting of churches, images of frescoes, icons. His work is dominated by traditional motifs of Christian myths, but the master’s hand is recognizable in each of his creations.
"The Crucifixion of Christ" captures the tragic moment of the death of the Son of God on Mount Calvary. The thin white figure of the Savior is the center of the picture. Christ seems to be floating in the air, barely held up by the cross bars. The halo above his bowed head covers the supporting pillar, and the outstretched arms appear to be floating in the air, holding the crossbar on their shoulders.
A figure, wrapped in a scarlet cloak, is clung to the pillar at Christ’s feet in a frenzied gush. Who was this woman? Mary Magdalene, the repentant harlot? To the left of the dangling figure, on the ground, a group of four women, their heads shrouded in halos. In the center is an old woman in a black mourning cloak with her head covered, a grief-stricken mother. To the right of Christ stand his apostles, looking at their Savior with sorrow and fear. Above the head of one of them can also be seen a halo of holiness.
In the background, mounted guards with pikes can be seen guarding Christ. They look bewildered, their eyes fixed on heaven where angels are hovering. They are all in black with red wings, except for the two, at the very top of the cross, wearing red robes and black wings.
The meticulous attention to detail is striking: the painting is full of life and tragedy, but not despair. The serenity and peace on the face of Christ leave the viewer with a gracious feeling, a sense of hope, of belonging to something great.
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