Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Santa Maria Antiqua: Annunication Fresco
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Santa Maria Antiqua: Annunication Fresco
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Alternate Title:
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Annunication
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Image View:
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Detail, Angel Gabriel
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Creator:
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reign of Pope John VII (Byzantine pope, ca. 650-707); unknown (Italian painter)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria Antiqua (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palantine Hill, Roman Forum
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GPS:
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+41.891+12.485583
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Date:
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ca. 705-707 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Byzantine; Italian
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Style Period:
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Byzantine
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster (fresco)
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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The period of Pope John VII (705-707) has the most surviving decorations; he was known for his devotion to the cult of the Virgin. The John VII decorations feature Hellenistic styles fused with earlier Roman linear styles. Although John VII's frescoes are adorned with breezy tunics, toned contours of flesh and animated expressions that individualized the saints, they are considered by archaeologists and historians to be strained in their movement. The artists posed them in conversation with quick hands and turned heads but their backs are "flat" against the background instead of turning inwards toward the conversation. This wall painting was detached from the south-east pillar, originally superimposed on an Annunciation ca. 600-650. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A2-I-R-RF-SMA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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