Oh, to have been a Dominican monk living in the Convent of San Marco, Florence in the late 15th century. The walls of the dormitories and cells were painted with wonderful scenes from the life of Christ, so the silence of monastic life was flooded instead with thoughts of Jesus Christ. This painting of the Resurrection of Christ, and the Women at the Tomb was painted during the artist's stay in the convent, 1436-46.
The figures are arranged with simple formality, and yet it would be wrong to think there was a lack of sophistication: Fra Angelico is intent only on his subject, and he does not distract the viewer with unnecessary details.
The grace and dignity of the women does not conceal their grief; they turn for some explanation to the figure of the angel who should, by its nature, be physically insubstantial but instead has a sort of reassuring solidity and authority. Dominic prays, head bowed and eyes lowered. The Risen Christ watches over them all.
Source: http://www.bible-art.info/Resurrection.htm
The figures are arranged with simple formality, and yet it would be wrong to think there was a lack of sophistication: Fra Angelico is intent only on his subject, and he does not distract the viewer with unnecessary details.
The grace and dignity of the women does not conceal their grief; they turn for some explanation to the figure of the angel who should, by its nature, be physically insubstantial but instead has a sort of reassuring solidity and authority. Dominic prays, head bowed and eyes lowered. The Risen Christ watches over them all.
Source: http://www.bible-art.info/Resurrection.htm
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