Christ Giving The Keys To Saint Perugino Analysis

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Recommended: Art and its impact on society

Name : Nairuz Abulhul
Course: ARTH-205
Date: Feb, 17, 2017

PATRONAGE ESSAY
Perugino , Christ Giving the Keys to St.Peter

During the Renaissance time, the creation of artwork depended on the stylistic evolution of the painter and the level of a given commission. High level commissions mostly came from a network of rich social connections. The significance of the commission reflected the status and the reputation of the chosen artist. Art in 15th century was looked at as a medium of business and affluence. Great masterpieces were patronized by rich and affluent people. In 1480, the famous Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV to create the most beautiful fresco for one of the walls of the Sistine Chapel …show more content…

and I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.". The scene reflects the honorable act of Jesus passing his legacy to St.Peter to continue following his path and spread words of God to all people. The keys represent forgiveness and admittance of all people to the kingdom of heaven. For the depiction of this important event, Perugino chose an idealized background of flat spacious piazza, where the Temple of Solomon is showed in the center of the painting, as it symbolizes the Jewish Faith and two identical triumphal arches on the sides (left and right) from the time of Roman Empire, they symbolize heathenism. The background shows an acknowledgment of the past beliefs as the predecessors of Jesus and the welcoming acceptance of all into …show more content…

Perugino used more saturated colors for shadows and less saturated colors for highlights. The use of shadows and highlights is something one constantly sees in the natural world and seeing it in this fresco is sure to remind viewers of the natural world. Another example of the Perugino emphasis on naturalism is gestural movements and the emotional expressions of figures in the painting, the act of bending, kneeling and waving resembles the liveliness of humans in real world.
Looking at the picture from a distance, we can see that the painting is a collection of stories from the past before the time of Jesus to the suffering and enduring of Christ, while spreading the words of God to the time where he was passing his legacy to St.Peter. Perugino showed an impressive skill in moving through all the events in harmonized and most natural way. The utilization of color, space and correct proportion created the most beautiful fresco that echoed greatness either from a close view or from a distant

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