Collection:
|
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
|
Preferred Title:
|
Triptych of Saint Mark
|
Alternate Title:
|
Saint Mark Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Peter and Nicholas of Bari
|
Image View:
|
Detail, St. Nicholas of Bari, St. Peter (right)
|
Creator:
|
Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian painter, active ca. 1440-1499)
|
Location:
|
repository: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
|
Location Note:
|
Campo dei Frari
|
GPS:
|
+45.436667+12.326111
|
Date:
|
1474 (creation)
|
Cultural Context:
|
Italian
|
Style Period:
|
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
|
Work Type 1:
|
altarpiece
|
Work Type 2:
|
panel painting
|
Work Type 3:
|
triptych
|
Classification:
|
Paintings
|
Material:
|
tempera paint on wood panel
|
Technique:
|
painting and painting techniques
|
Measurements:
|
353 cm (height) x 262 cm (width)
|
Subjects:
|
saints; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mark, Saint; Nicholas, Saint, Bishop of Myra; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
|
Description:
|
Bartolomeo’s style developed to produce the powerful saints in the works of the 1470s, who, often seen from a low viewpoint, tower over the worshipper. This is seen in the paired saints in the St. Mark triptych (1474; Venice, Frari). Although still in a Late Gothic frame, this shows his style at its most advanced, with St. Mark seated on an early Renaissance throne, angels with swags and the diagonally grouped saints standing out against the sky and set in a continuous space. These saints are psychologically alive and their common mood gives unity to the altarpiece. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
|
Collection:
|
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
|
Identifier:
|
6A1-VIVAR-SMF-SMT-A04
|
Rights:
|
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
|