Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation. Padua, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 C.E.; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture) and fresco.

• FLORENTINE PAINTER; FRESCO CYCLE; ENRICO SCROVEGNI; BUILT IN HOPES THAT THE CHAPEL WOULD ATONE FOR THE MONEYLENDER’S SIN OF USURY; 38 FRAMED PANELS; SHOWS THE LIVES OF THE VIRGIN AND HER PARENTS; LIFE AND MISSION OF JESUS; SAVIOR’S PASSION AND RESURRECTION; EMULATED THE APPEARANCE OF THE NATURAL WORLD; REPRESENTED SPIRITUAL RATHER AND PHYSICAL REALITY; GOAL TO SHOW NATURAL WORLD WAS ABANDONED IN THE MIDDLE AGES; FIGURES ARE SCULPTURESQUE, SIMPLE; BASIC LIGHT AND SHADING; SHOWED HIS GENERATION A NEW WAY OF SEEING; RECORDING THE PHYSICAL WORLD WAS THE SOLE AIM OF ART
• LAMENTATION SHOWS JESUS'S FOLLOWERS MOURNING HIS DEATH; SCENE CONTAINS MARY, SAINT JOHN, ETC.
• MARY MAG. CRADLES JESUS IN HIS ARMS; DIAGONAL CLIFF POINTS TO MAIN ACTION
• SADNESS OF SCENE EMPHASISED BY GRIEVING ANGELS, BARRENESS OF TREE
• CLEAR FOREGROUND, MIDDLE GROUND, AND BACKGROUND