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 ANTICIPATION : THE CELEBRATION

 


 

"ADORATION OF THE magi"

Paolo Veronese, 1582

Oil on Canvas

Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy 

 

 

This magnificent oil on canvas resides on the ceiling of the Capella del Rosario (Chapel of the Rosary)

in the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy

It was painted in 1582 by Venetian painter Paolo Veronese (1528 - April 19, 1588).

 Designed to fill a barbed quatrefoil shape, it is executed in the late Renaissance narrative manner -

with great drama and brilliance of color, expressing a joyous ,"unrestrained" and celebrative Nativity.

The barbed quatrefoil allude to both the rose, and the "squared circle" - the fusion spirit and flesh.

 

 Veronese was regarded as one of Venice's leading 16th century painters (along with Titan and Tintoretto),

and certainly Venice's foremost painter of ceilings. 

 

The expressive celebration is shown below en situ, within its elaborately carved giltwood surrounds.

 

 

 


 

This painting is from a series of three works chosen by us to celebrate this Christmas season :

The 'Annunciation', the 'Nativity' and the 'Journey of the Magi' have inspired

some of the most extraordinary art in the history of mankind.

From the more stoic medieval art to the full blown renaissance, the examples are rich and myriad. 

For other examples please see :

The Annunciation of Cortona, Fra Angelico

Mosaic at the Basilica Sant' Apollinare Nuovo

 

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And the best of Christmas and holiday wishes to you, 

 

Millicent Creech

Caroline Harrison Kelly

Keith Rainer

 


 

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