Benozzo Gozzoli, Fresco cycle in Montefalco, View of the 3rd register of frescoes on the wall

Описание: BENOZZO GOZZOLI
(b. ca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia)
Fresco cycle in Montefalco (1450-52)
Scenes from the Life of St Francis
Apsidal chapel
San Francesco, Montefalco
The rib-vaulted, pentagonal apsidal chapel (choir) of the Franciscan monastery church in Montefalco, built between 1336 and 1340, was decorated in 1450-52 by Benozzo Gozzoli with a cycle of frescoes depicting the most important stages and deeds from the life of St Francis, the founder of the order.
The selection of scenes in Montefalco differs from the traditional pattern. Benozzo only depicted scenes from the saint's life from his birth to his death, and omitted the posthumous miracles. He also did not keep to the chronological order of events, instead creating a new thematic order of the saint's life. The lowest row - with the exception of the Meeting of St Francis and St Dominic - shows scenes from his youth. In the second row his deeds are depicted, and in the third row the proofs of divine mercy. Benozzo places the emphasis in his life of St Francis on the proofs of divine mercy and the similarities and parallels between his life and Christ's. At the same time, he places the scenes in a contemporary architecture and landscape, in order to give his contemporaries a closer understanding of St Francis.
The cycle of St Francis in Montefalco contains a total of 19 episodes from the life and work of the saint, arranged in a total of 12 pictures and a lost stained glass window. The episodes are the following:
View of the 3rd register of frescoes on the wall
Scene 9
Episode: (16) Establishment of the Manger at Greccio,

View of the 3rd register of frescoes on the wall
Scene 10
Episode: (17) Trial by Fire before the Sultan
View of the 3rd register of frescoes on the wall
Scene 11
Episode: (18) Stigmatisation of St Francis
View of the 3rd register of frescoes on the wall
Scene 12
Episode: (19) Death of St Francis
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