ART H 112 Chapter Notes - Chapter article: Enrico Degli Scrovegni, Unity Of Opposites, Scrovegni Chapel
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Barren metal and the fruitful womb: the program of. Dado- the lower part of the wall of a room, below about waist height, if it is a different color or has a different covering than the upper part. Compares the chapel to dante"s divine comedy - journal through hell, purgatory, and heaven. Chancel - the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen. Why juxtapose the pact of judas and visitation so prominently: uses the gap as part of its meaning, as opposed to the gabriel and mary above, this pair of frescoes represents a coincidentia oppositorum. A confrontation of meaningful opposites: redemptive power of mary"s womb opposed to the sterility of ill-gotten gains. Intended to be a private chapel and his burial place: purchased in 1300, dedicated to feast of annunciation in 1303, s maria della carita.
