In Byzantine art, color was used to convey spiritual and emotional meaning. Raphael 's use of color in the "Transfiguration of Jesus" reflects this tradition, as he employs vivid hues to symbolize the divine light that surrounds Christ during his transfiguration. Learn about the composition, light effects, and symbolism of Raphael's The Transfiguration, a masterpiece of Renaissance art.
The painting depicts the biblical story of Christ's glory on Mount Tabor and his disciples' reactions. Transfiguration. transfiguration artist raphael year 1516-1520 medium oil on wood location pinacoteca vaticana, vatican city dimensions 159 in × 109 in 405 cm × 278 cm famous paintings by raphael school of athens transfiguration the marriage of the virgin resurrection of christ self-portrait la belle jardinière ezekiel's vision the sistine madonna madonna and child with the book view.
Transfiguration by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) (12 F) Transfiguration by Lorenzo Lotto (17 F) Transfiguration by Peter Paul Rubens (11 F) Transfiguration of Christ by Paolo Veronese (4 F) Transfiguration of Christ by Pietro Perugino (8 F) Transfiguration of Jesus Christ by Ludovico Carracci (Pinacoteca Nazionale. The Transfiguration is one of the five key events in the gospel narrative of the life of Jesus - the others are his Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. Alexander Ivanov's 19th.
Transfiguration is a large tempera on wood created by Raphael between 1516 and 1520. The painting would be the last created by the Italian Renaissance master before his death. It depicts two distinct biblical stories linked to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.
The first is the Transfiguration of Christ, with Moses and Elijah on either side of Jesus while James and John look on. The second part. The episode of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor, Galilee, is told in the Gospels of Matthew (17,1-8), Mark (9, 2-8), and Luke (9,28-36).
Jesus, after taking Peter, James and John with him up on a mountain, transfigured: his face shone with extraordinary splendour and his clothes became dazzlingly white. The painting exemplifies Raphael's development as an artist and the culmination of his career. Unusually for a depiction of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art, the subject is combined with an additional episode from the Gospels in the lower part of the painting.
The Transfiguration is Raphael´s most ambitious altar painting (Vatican Pinacoteca, MV.40333.0). It even includes an episode which is not part of this biblical passage: the Apostle´s failure to exorcise a possessed man. This allowed the painter to undertake an exhibition of physical and emotional states intended to surpass those depicted by Piombo.
The present copy differs from Raphael´s.