Crocifissione di cristo masaccio biography
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Artistic development and early works ()
Benozzo was born in Florence, probably in or , in a house in Via del Fiore, in the Santo Spirito quarter. In , by order of the Brancacci family, the great church of the nearby Convent of the Carmine was decorated by Masaccio with a cycle of frescoes. This work revolutionised art in Florence and undoubtedly influenced the young Benozzo's development.
Spending time in the countryside near the Florentine hills in the Settimo area must also have helped to shape his professional development. Indeed, in that area, from which his family originated (and still maintained family ties and property), Benozzo certainly had the opportunity to refine his skills of observation, which would become a distinguishing feature of his artistic production, as noted by Giorgio Vasari in his book, Lives of the Most Eminent Italian Painters, Sculptors and Architects ( Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori italiani), in which he describes Benozzo a
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Crucifixion of Jesus
Jesus's death as described in the gospels
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The crucifixion of Jesus was the death of Jesus by being nailed to a cross.[note 1] It occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, and later attested to by other ancient sources. Scholars nearly universally accept the historicity of Jesus's crucifixion,[1] although there is no consensus on the details.[2][3]
According to the canonical gospels, Jesus was arrested and tried by the Sanhedrin, and then sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally crucified by the Romans.[5][6][7] The Gospel of John portrays his death as a
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The Polyptych of the Misericordia is one of the earliest works of the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca's, located in the Pinacoteca Comunale of Sansepolcro. The central panel is of the common motif of the Virgin of Mercy or Madonna della Misericordia in Italian. The Madonna della Misericordia or Virgin of Mercy is a traditional motif in Christian art which displays the Virgin Mary with an outstretched mantle. In the image, she uses her mantle to protect her worshippers.[1] |