Note#259 View (from Page#30 "Classic Painting")
Created 2007-Apr-09. Updated 2023-Dec-10.

The Annunciation (1432, Museo del Prado)

By Fra Angelico (Italy, 1387-1455).

Quintessence of early renaissance religious art. I like the composition and the contrast between the organic background and the geometric shape (with weird perspective) of the building. Pure and enchanting.

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(Tempera on panel, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain)

note:
aureole / halo history: Halos in Art: Horus to Jesus Christ to the X-Men