The Ecstasy Of St. Francis

Our trip to the Frick Collection was very great. Henry Frick started his art collection as soon he got his fortunes. The Frick has a high-quality collection of paintings and fine furniture housed in six galleries within his former residence. Frick wanted his mansion to become a museum. The paintings are still arranged the Frick placed them. The collection features some of the paintings by European artists, there also works of sculpture and porcelain. [1] I really took an interest in the works during the renaissance movement. There was one oil painting called The Ecstasy of St. Francis.
The Ecstasy of St. Francis is a painting by Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. Bellini started this painting in 1475 and completed it in 1480. The painting is oil on panel that shows the influence of Andrea Mantegna, who was the painter's brother-in-law. There is a signature “IOANNES BELLINVS “on a small, creased carta visible in the lower left corner.
Francis was very poor in the beginning of his sainthood and used to participate in isolated spiritual retreats. The painting shows a symbolic representation of the saint. The animals in the painting represent the saint love for nature and animals.[1] The Ecstasy of St. Francis shows Francis in a religious ecstasy, whether receiving the stigmata, as Millard Meiss suggested, or perhaps singing his Canticle of the Sun, as Richard Turner has argued.[2]
The cave may relate Francis to Saint Jerome, He lived in a cave or cell. The stream in the left middle-ground symbolizes Moses , and the tree in the middle of the painting represents the Burning Bush. [3] In the distance you could see Jerusalem. This the meditation of St. Francis on the Book of Genesis. He uses the natural elements like the grape vines and rocks. The color pallet he uses is great for the atmosphere in this