Elegant Saints and Graceful Madonnas by Carlo Crivelli (Italy 1433–95)
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Carlo Crivelli was 15th century Italian painter. He is the author of paintings on numerous religious subjects, which he created for the Franciscans and Dominicans of Ascoli Piceno in Italy.
His paintings mainly consist of images of the Madonna and Child, Pietas and multi-panel altarpieces known as polyptyches. Crivelli lived during the Renaissance, but worked in the conservative style of the late Gothic. This style is also called international Gothic.
The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius is one of Crivelli’s most famous works.
Carlo Crivelli’s style is a love of decorative effects and the use of illusion effects.
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Crivelli’s paintings, in the presence of bright colors, are harmonious and do not create the impression of variegation. Most of his paintings are painted in tempera on wood panels.
Crivelli almost did not paint secular works. However, the heroes of his religious paintings are not inferior in the degree of realism to the secular works of the best masters. The characters in his paintings do not look like canonical images of saints. Master Carlo was depicting of real people who posed for the artist.
In some of the master’s paintings, the real nature and emotions of the character are more visible — these are mainly female images. The emotions of characters of painting in this case do not depend on the plot. In other paintings, emotions suitable for the plot are more clearly expressed — these are mainly male characters. Their emotions are always corresponding with the plot of painting.
The details of Crivelli’s career are sparse. Carlo Crivelli was born around 1430–35 in Venice in a family of painters. He received his artistic formation there and in city Padua.
The painter left the Venice by 1458 and spent most of his life in the March of Ancona. Crivelli worked in the March of Ancona until his death.
Camerino Triptych or Triptych of Saint Domenico is located today in Pinacoteca di Brera. We see a realistic image of the city in the hands of its patron Saint Venantius.
Relief objects in painting, such as the keys and staff of St. Peter, the jewels and knives with which the Holy Martyr Peter was wounded are elements of “trompe l’oeil” technique in religious painting.
Crivelli’s works are often filled with depictions of suffering, such as gaping wounds on Christ’s arms and side and the mouths of angels and saints twisted in sorrow. These ultra realistic, sometimes overly emotional expressions of his characters often led critics to call Crivelli’s paintings “grotesque.” However, his patrons and customers liked Сriveli’s works.
Madonna of the Swallow. The painting is named after the swallow on the upper left corner of the Madonna’s throne. The swallow was the Christian symbol of the Resurrection.
The central panel depicts the Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome on the left and Saint Sebastian on the right. On the predella of the altar, we can to see Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Jerome, Nativity of Christ, the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and Saint George slaying the dragon.
Madonna della Candeletta is a later work by the artist. Crivelli engraves tiny decorative details and indulges in bold foreshortenings. However, this work, dated 1482, seems generally less exuberant and more natural than usual. Crivelli’s love for nature pours out in the depiction of “dead nature” — fruits, vegetables. His work can be recognized by the characteristic use of fruits and flowers as decorative and symbolic motifs, often depicted in hanging garlands.
It is a known fact that Prince Ferdinand of Capua granted Carl Crivelli the title of nobility. The artist became a knight not for success in his work, but for his participation in the political life of Ascoli Piceno.
Carlo Crivelli died in the March of Ancona, probably in Ascoli Piceno around 1495.
His work lost popularity after his death. His works rediscovered only in the 19th century, largely thanks to two Italian explorers, abbot Lanzi and Amico Ricci.
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