PALM SUNDAY FRESCO

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LORENZETTI FRESCO 

Palm Sunday at the end of this week  so I went hunting for relevant images 

I chose this one because of the artists giving the the donkeys facial expressions. The poor mother is looking overwhelmed and hestitant at all the attention and the humans well some  are excited others sceptical serious 

Lorenzetti's style shows echos of the old so called Italo-byzantine techniques and Duccio's works along with some influences of "International Gothic" and a knowledge of Giotto . 

For Palm Sunday 2021

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Some of you may have noticed I like to share famous works of art at Easter and Christmas.

Here's a famous Renaissance painting

Why did I pick this one to share.

I love the look on the donkeys face trying to figure out why its suddenly the centre of attention?

It also shows the importance of research. The painter had apparently seen palm leaves but not palm trees!

Early Grapes

There is a long tradition in Western and European art of rendering vines and grapes in a variety of media, mosaic, fresco, oils, and carving or moulding. Here is one of the earliest examples of fresco.

Its Roman and we don't know if it was an original work or a copy as a fresco of a wax encaustic work but consider this the pattern of cracking suggests the wet plaster and then the paint was applied in one session ... yes one session and yet the degree of detail ... shadows highlights stems handles ... a still life masterpiece.