Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)
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Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation
Abstract
The figures stand out against a leaden dreamlike sky. The painting retains a strong Paduan element that is evident in the contours, adjusting gestures and figures to the strong expressive requirements of the drama. The silent exchange of emotions in the faces is reflected in the masterly play of the hands. The landscape behind them, empty and metallic in the cold, shining greys of the painful dawn of rebirth, accentuates the sense of the scene's anguish. Both the Donatello of the altar of St Anthony of Padua and, once again, Mantegna and the Flemish masters are the influences which spurred Bellini along the path of a sad and bitter pathos.
Keywords
Milan, Italy, Style: Italian High Renaissance, School: High Renaissance, Movement: Renaissance, Italian, Painting;, Painting
Subject: topical
Style: Italian High Renaissance; School: High Renaissance; Movement: Renaissance; Italian; Painting;
Subject: geographic
Milan, Italy
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Genre
Painting; picture
Holding Location
University of South Florida USF
Collection
Art and Art History (Saskia)
Identifier
A01-LIF1272
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "The Pieta (detail) Dead Christ Supported by the Madonna and St John (Piet" (2022). Art and Art History Collection (Saskia). 2210.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/2210
