Sunday, November 19, 2017

Brancacci, 2017

We visited the Brancacci Chapel in 2011 and 2013, and my posts then, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2011/06/brancacci-chapel.html and http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/10/brancacci-chapel-2013-and-uffizi.html, convey most of the story. Especially, 2011. As in the previous post, I'll just do a few new/improved items and assume you'll look at 2011 and 2013 for the whole story.
It's all part of the Santa Maria del Carmine complex

Inside the great old church, Baroquen in the 17th century

Some wonderful trompe loeil high up


Pano of the great chapel frescoes, 15th


Masaccio

Masolino

Masolino, Massacio, Brunelleschi (ignore the guy looking at you)

First meeting of Jocks for Jesus

Maslino left for a gig in Hungary, Masaccio died very young, and it was left,
years later, to Filippino Lippi to finish the chapel; Filippino was the son of
Filippo Lippi, Botticelli's teacher, and Botticelli took on Filoppino as a student;
looking at you is Filoppino's portrait of his teacher

The chapel and its historic work cause you to forget it's all part of a functioning
church, just a side-chapel...

1 comment:

Tawana said...

It is always interesting to see these fabulous places and know that ordinary people attend services here every week.