 Sacred Art
Sacred art purpose
Art historians usually refer to Sacred art as the Christian art of early Middle Age period. The major aim of its works was to teach dogmas of Christian religion and to tell narratives of Holly Bible on benefit of illiterates trough a particular iconographic system and themes developed to conclusively identify scenes.
Sacred Art Themes
Most important themes treated on Sacred Art were doubtless the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus and Christ on the cross probably the two most emphatic depictions of entire Catholic religion representing the born, the sacrifice, death and resurrection. Other objects were linked to the iconography of Saints such as Saint Agnes depicted with a lamb, Saint Peter with keys, Saint Patrick with a shamrock, severally images of purity, forgiveness and word of God trough the Saint Trinity.
Sacred Art in Tuscany
Despite the genre of Sacred art has lost much of its vigor since the Renaissance, its themes were commons in each tuscan schools. Some examples are Maestà of Duccio di Buoninsegna, Crucifix of Cimabue, Annunciation of Simone Martini etc.
Silvia Salvadori’s Sacred Art reproduction
Silvia Salvadori is specialized in works reproduction of medieval tuscan painters. She’s able to realize Sacred art paintings on order, using the same techniques of original ones. Following some example:
Annunciation icon - Simone Martini
Maestà (detail) - Duccio di Buoninsegna
Madonna on the book - Sandro Botticelli
Madonna and Child - Pietro Lorenzetti
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