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Figures from Hartt:
Figure- 8.2
Artist- Gentile da Fabriano
Title- Strozzi Altarpiece, Adoration of the Magi
Date- 1423
Medium- tempera on panel
Location- Sacristy of Sta. Trinita, Florence. Now: Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Physical concerns, iconography, patronage (context and function), perspective, etc-
This was commissioned by Palla Strozzi for his family burial chapel. The Adoration of the Magi marks the moment when the infant Christ was first shown to the Gentiles. The theme and the garments of the Magi were appropriate to a sacristy where the clergy dressed themselves and prepared for saying the Mass, during which Christ becomes manifest in the Eucharist on the altar. The frame recalls earlier Gothic examples but the forms are now unified by an exuberant vitality, combined with greater depth and naturalism. The left and right gables feature roundels of the Annunciation, while in the central gable a youthful God blesses the scene; and the prophets recline in the spandrels. In the predella, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, and the Presentation in the Temple appear almost as one continuous strip. Three small scenes in the arges of the main panel narrate moments in the journey of the Magi to Bethlehem. In the left arch the Magi gaze at the star, in the center the kings ride up on a road toward Jerusalem, and on the right they are about to enter the town of Bethlehem. The cave is evident, along with ox, ass, and manger, and the modest family. The oldest Magus prostrates himself before the Jesus with his own crown on the ground; the second kneels and lifts his crown; the youngest waits his turn. Attendants crowd the space along with animals.
Figure- 8.3
Artist- Gentile da Fabriano, Nativity
Title- Nativity
Date- 1423
Medium- tempera on panel
Location- on the Strozzi Altarpiece described above.
Physical concerns, iconography, patronage (context and function), perspective, etc-
Here, the light effects are more natural.
Figures from Hartt:
Figure- 8.2
Artist- Gentile da Fabriano
Title- Strozzi Altarpiece, Adoration of the Magi
Date- 1423
Medium- tempera on panel
Location- Sacristy of Sta. Trinita, Florence. Now: Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Physical concerns, iconography, patronage (context and function), perspective, etc-
This was commissioned by Palla Strozzi for his family burial chapel. The Adoration of the Magi marks the moment when the infant Christ was first shown to the Gentiles. The theme and the garments of the Magi were appropriate to a sacristy where the clergy dressed themselves and prepared for saying the Mass, during which Christ becomes manifest in the Eucharist on the altar. The frame recalls earlier Gothic examples but the forms are now unified by an exuberant vitality, combined with greater depth and naturalism. The left and right gables feature roundels of the Annunciation, while in the central gable a youthful God blesses the scene; and the prophets recline in the spandrels. In the predella, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, and the Presentation in the Temple appear almost as one continuous strip. Three small scenes in the arges of the main panel narrate moments in the journey of the Magi to Bethlehem. In the left arch the Magi gaze at the star, in the center the kings ride up on a road toward Jerusalem, and on the right they are about to enter the town of Bethlehem. The cave is evident, along with ox, ass, and manger, and the modest family. The oldest Magus prostrates himself before the Jesus with his own crown on the ground; the second kneels and lifts his crown; the youngest waits his turn. Attendants crowd the space along with animals.
Figure- 8.3
Artist- Gentile da Fabriano, Nativity
Title- Nativity
Date- 1423
Medium- tempera on panel
Location- on the Strozzi Altarpiece described above.
Physical concerns, iconography, patronage (context and function), perspective, etc-
Here, the light effects are more natural.