"Lamentation"
Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovengi)
Padua, Italy
Fresco
Florentine School
This work llustrates the revolutionary nature of Giotto's style. It depicts Jesus after his death and people hysterically grieving. Mary cradles her dead son's body. This single event provokes a host of individual responses in figures conceiving presences both physically and psychologically.
The dead tree represents the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which died after Adam and Eve sinned.
The lighting is different in this picture. It seems to fall from above and illuminate the tops of their bodies and creates a sense of depth by darkening the bottoms of their clothes.
Giotto's naturalism displaces the Byzantium style in Italy. He impacted artists and inspired them to move away from the spiritual world into a visual world focused on observation and understanding.
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