Commissioned by Medici
“As you venerate this figure of the intact Virgin while passing before it, beware lest you omit to say a Hail Mary”
Date uncertain
Rituals of monastic life seen
Monk's Cell
Fra Angelico’s interest in natural light is evident - situated in a location where light floods in
The bright colors and gold of the Annunciation altarpiece are replaced by pale tints - appropriate for monks
Everything about these pieces is clean and simple
Only window to the world is the one behind the Virgin
St. Antoninus warns against letting sin in through the ‘window of your soul’ - eyes
Angel is kneeling and virgin sitting
Angel kneeling and Virgin standing
Significance? Shows different aspect of Virgin
Virgin is slight and frail
Different approaches at interpreting the Annunciation
Angel has entered with the light, which falls on the virgin
Unified by the arched hallways and arches
St. Peter meditates on the event
Plain colors, simplified shapes suggests that no worldly concerns should trouble the spirit
The observer is the center
Perspective system is developing with perspective points
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