Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

The Adoration of the Magi (detail)

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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Abstract

Gentile da Fabriano's painting is not a geometrically constructed composition. It should be read as if it were the text of a tale, beginning at the top left corner, where the three Magi, meeting at the seaside, notice the star they have to follow. If we follow their course among sloping hills and cultivated fields we can see how they march into Jerusalem under the frame of the central arch, while in the lunette on the right we can see them departing.

Keywords

Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy (Church of Santa Trinita), Style: Italian Gothic, School: Gothic, Movement: Gothic, Florentine, Painting;, Painting

Geographic Location

Florence, Italy; Florence, Italy (Church of Santa Trinita)

Type

StillImage

Rights

This material is licensed by USF Libraries for the research and teaching needs of USF students, staff, and faculty only. See: https://lib.usf.edu/collections-and-discovery/collection-management/user-terms/

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A01-LIF1055

The Adoration of the Magi (detail)

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