Other scenes with a similar raised figure, that used similar compositions to the Ascension are the Assumption of Mary, rare until the late Middle Ages, the Transfiguration of Jesus, and from the Early Renaissance the Resurrection of Jesus, where he begins to …

Measuring an impressive 538 by 325 centimeters, this religious painting is an exemplary representation of the Mannerism movement, commonly known as the Late Renaissance period. This artwork vividly illustrates the biblical event of Christ’s ascension, where Jesus is depicted rising towards the heavens, surrounded and supported by ethereal ...

This painting shows Christ rising to heaven above a compact group of the twelve apostles and the Virgin Mary. Only his feet and lower legs are visible. This Ascension iconography, which emphasizes Christ’s departure by showing him leaving the pictorial space, emerged in art about the turn of the first millennium

2021年1月28日 · The Ascension of Christ, oil on panel, by Pietro Perugino, 1496-1498, 342 x 263 cm (Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Lyon). This painting was the the central panel of a now dispersed polyptych, known as San Pietro Polyptych, commissioned for the Abbey of …

2017年6月1日 · The Ascension of Christ (also known as Sansepolcro Altarpiece; Italian: Pala di Sansepolcro) is a painting by Italian Renaissance master Perugino, dating from around 1510. It is housed in the Cathedral of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, central Italy. The works adopts the same composition in the central panel of Perugino's San Pietro Polyptych.

In late medieval and Renaissance Italy, theologians continually emphasized the humanity of Christ and the need for the faithful to lead lives modeled on Christ’s own. This perspective welcomed visual images that stressed his human existence and particularly favored themes related to his earthly birth and death .

The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum comprises Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity; European art from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century; and international photography from its inception to the present day.

“The Ascension,” created by Giotto around the year 1305, is a Proto Renaissance fresco and religious painting located in the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel in Padua, Italy. The artwork depicts the moment of the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, …

The Ascension of Christ (also known as Sansepolcro Altarpiece; Italian: Pala di Sansepolcro) is an oil painting on panel by Italian Renaissance master Perugino, dating from around 1510. It is housed in the Cathedral of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy.

2024年3月10日 · In the Renaissance and later, Ascension images emphasize more and more the "glorification" of the risen Christ that is at the core of the Christian message. 8 A few works do this simply by showing rays of light emanating from the figure of Christ (example).