Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Legend of the True Cross
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Legend of the True Cross
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Alternate Title:
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History of the True Cross
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Image View:
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Right wall, eighth scene; Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
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Creator:
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Bicci di Lorenzo (Italian painter, 1373-1452); Piero della Francesca (Italian painter, ca. 1415-1492)
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Location:
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site: Basilica di San Francesco (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Cappella Maggiore
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GPS:
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+43.4645+11.8808
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Date:
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ca. 1447-1466 (inclusive)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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chancel
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Work Type 2:
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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); grisaille
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Measurements:
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390 cm (height, top lunette) x 747 cm (width, top lunette)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; Constantine, Emperor of Rome; Franciscans; Restoration and conservation; faux marbre
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Description:
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Its theme, derived from the popular 13th century book on the lives of saints by Jacopo da Varagine, the Golden Legend, is the triumph of the True Cross; the legend of the wood from the Garden of Eden becoming the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. This work demonstrates Piero's advanced knowledge of perspective and color, his geometric orderliness and skill in pictorial construction. The frescoes in the chancel were begun around 1447 by Bicci di Lorenzo, but Piero received the commisssion in 1452 when Bicci died. The work was completed in two stages, halted during 1458-1459, and completed in 1466. The designs are by Piero, but the execution is by him and his workshop assistants. The frescoes were restored 1991-2000 (these photos are after the restoration). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Image Description:
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In the year 615, the Persian King Chosroes steals the wood, setting it up as an object of worship. The Eastern Emperor Heraclius wages war, defeats him and returns to Jerusalem with the Holy Wood.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-PIERO-LOTC-J-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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