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Tuesday, October 17, 2006Tuesday is for games I am curious if anyone knows who designed this crucifix which I have featured over on my right sidebar above the Daily Office. Figure it out and give me the name and some history on it and give you some shameless promotion. Yep, that's right, you will have your picture and a little bit about you here, on mikenoakes.com. Do it.
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3 Comments:
Well sir, I hate to show off my immense artistic knowledge, but it appears to be Giotto di Bondone's celebrated crucifix, painted circa 1312-15.
In contrast to earlier representations of Christ on the Cross, such as those by his teacher Cimabue, Giotto emphasizes the earthly heaviness of the body: the head sinks deeply forward and the almost plump body sags. The human side of the Son of God is made clear. Mary and John look down sorrowfully from the horizontal ends of the cross at the dead Lord.
This, probably Giotto's earliest surviving work, is the largest and most ambitious of the shaped panels of Christ on the cross painted by Giotto. Although his limited anatomical knowledge prevented him attaining the realism of his later crucifixes (In Padua and Rimini), Giotto's break with Byzantine tradition is clear. This can be seen from the natural pose, the sense of real weight in the way Christ's body so painfully hangs, the basic simplicity of the loin-cloth, and the realism of the two feet fixed with a single nail.
Of course, I may have had a little help from my friends at the web gallery of art. Quick draw!
Good job! You forgot to mention anything about Dante or Michelangelo... That's fine. Congratulations, buddy!
Hey, I mentioned Cimabue...that's even better!
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