The artist;
•Real name Dominico Bigordi, Ghirlandaio means “garland maker”
•Was first a metalworker before working on painting, but eventually became popular through his paintings.
•Art style shows presentation of naturalistic effects and realistic details.
•Awarded many major commissions in Florence with his brother and brother in-law as assistance.
The painting;
•Located at the Sassetti Chapel
•The scene takes place at Rome but the background is the image of Florence’s public square- Piazza della Signoria- representing the idea of a “new Rome”
•There is a nail hole in the middle.- he attached the nail and held a string to it to mark the orthogonal of the perspective scheme and to help create the semicircular arches.
•Depicts St. Francis and Pope Honorious III.
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