Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

Madonna and Child with Saints Mary Magdalen and Catherine Sacred Conversation

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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Abstract

The light, in fact, softly progressing over the faces and garments, strikes from the side of the assorted figures of the Virgin and Saints Catherine and Magdalene, silent companions of the former in sacred contemplation. Also in the characteristic symmetrical composition of all Bellini's sacred conversations, the spreading of a crepuscular and intimate light that tinges the figures is a demonstration of how far ahead Bellini was proceeding in these years in developing the concepts of space and color. The indistinct background, completely lacking any kind of connotation, is just "opened" in depth by the two diagonal wings of the saints which close at the sides the perfect pyramid formed by the group of the Madonna and Child.

Keywords

Venice, Italy, Style: Italian High Renaissance, School: High Renaissance, Movement: Renaissance, Venetian, Painting;, Painting

Geographic Location

Venice, Italy

Time Period

Ca. 1490

Type

StillImage

Rights

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Access Restrictions

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A01-LIF0609

Madonna and Child with Saints Mary Magdalen and Catherine Sacred Conversation

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