ARTHIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gluttony, Scrovegni Chapel, Ambrogio Lorenzetti
17 Apr 2021
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Lecture 1, patronage faith and secular life in 14th century european art. 1305 to 1306, padua - northeastern italy. Aka the area chapel, because it was built on the site of an ancient roman arena. The side walls of the chapel have scenes (pictures, telling a story) chapel is named. He was the patron, and he hired giotto to fill the chapel with wall paintings. Its a barrel vaulted chapel, arh-shaped top (painted to look like a star filled blue. The scrovegni chapel was commissioned by enrico scrovegni, after whom the. When it was built the chapel was a religious space, originally attached to. Our key to understanding the purpose of this commision is in the scene of the last. The house was destroyed in the 19th century but the chapel remains. judgement (painting depicting something in the bible). Here scrovegni had giotto include him, presenting a model of the chapel to the virgin mary.
