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The Annunciation
The angel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary to announce to her that she will be the mother of God. At this moment, Jesus Christ is miraculously conceived, and God becomes flesh and blood. The Annunciation is described in Luke 1:26–38 and pictured here in a fresco by Fra Angelico at the Convent of San Marco in Florence.
From the 1520, some Renaissance artists took a different path from what had been established as traditional for more than a century. They were the Mannerist artists. They chose to elongate the human figures to the point of absurdity and twist them in strange positions. They also abandoned the simpler order and perfectly symmetrical composition preferred by preceding artists and instead they crowded asymmetrical scenes with entangled human flesh. Although, they altered their artworks in defiance to Renaissance norms, they were still part of the same art movement and supporters of the same ideals. Hence, today we call their style the Late Renaissance.
The painting caught my attention for its straightforward nature. often, I find that the Renaissance art can tend to be too busy and radical. The colors here are within their own margins. although they also leave a partial glimpse of imagination as the wings of arch angel Gabriel have a blend of colors which are not normally seen in these types of paintings. The virgin Mary is covered partially in a blue cloth, but if you look at the upper region of her torso the image also blends in with the background The element of shape is very persistent throughout the painting as well as the consistency of lines, I do enjoy the painting, but this is definitely not a piece of art that I would have hanging in my home.
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