This is Fra Angelico's "The Annunciation." It originally decorated a monastery but it is often reproduced. I also believe that he revisited the subject of the Annunciation himself a few times. The story is that the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and told her that she was going to give birth to the son of God. In this painting, Fra Angelico uses one point perspective, which gives the viewer a sense of the architecture of the building/patio. It allows us a deep view into the simple back room. The vaulted ceiling and patio also create a big space for the focal point of the painting. The artist also uses relative size to make the figures on the left appear farther away, and creates deep forested space behind them by overlapping plants and scaling them down as they recede into the background.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
7 - Sara Coomes - Fra Angelico
This is Fra Angelico's "The Annunciation." It originally decorated a monastery but it is often reproduced. I also believe that he revisited the subject of the Annunciation himself a few times. The story is that the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and told her that she was going to give birth to the son of God. In this painting, Fra Angelico uses one point perspective, which gives the viewer a sense of the architecture of the building/patio. It allows us a deep view into the simple back room. The vaulted ceiling and patio also create a big space for the focal point of the painting. The artist also uses relative size to make the figures on the left appear farther away, and creates deep forested space behind them by overlapping plants and scaling them down as they recede into the background.
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