Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Deposition, Fiorentino



Title: Deposition
Artist: Rosso Fiorentino
Location: Chapel of Compangia della Croce di Giorno, San Francesco, Volterra
Date: 1521

  • Fiorentino - red-headed Florentine
  • pet-monkey often disrupts work
  • compagnia devoted to true cross
  • chapel is dedicated to the cross and virgin mary
  • changed previous alterpieces for being too explorative
  • precarious poses, crisp skies
  • focus on drapery and light
  • creates angular composition - bodies, drapery ladder ,mary and christ
  • figures inconsistent in scale
  • Christ is shown as serene
  • Compare to Dead Christ by same artist

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