Madona With Child

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Title	Madona With Child
View	View of the Madonna with Child (while the left side of the frescoed frame is missing and there is some damage to the image itself, it remains remarkably intact following restoration)
Notes	religious
Work Type	wall painting
Style/Period	Medieval International Style
Creator Name	Gentile da Fabriano
Creator Nationality	Italian
School of Creator	Medieval International School
Date.Creator Birth	ca. 1370
Date.Creator Death	1427
Major Design Aspects	bright colors attention to realistic details awareness of the importance of light
Elements & Spatial Types	throne Virgin Christ Child
Climate Type	Mediterranean
Country	Italy
City	Orvieto
State/Province	Tuscany
Alternate Place Names	Orvieto Cathedral
Art Medium	fresco
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision Inc.
Date Photographed	10/20/1998
Subject Information	Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1360-1425) was the greatest Italian painter of the International Style which had resulted from the merging of Northern and Italian traditions ca. 1400. * Characteristics include the use of bright, sparkling colours, attention to realistic details and a growing awareness of the importance of light in order to produce a more naturalistic recession. Additionally, in the North, painters of the International Style used elongated, sinuous figures while the Italiano treated the figure more naturalistically. Ample, soft, curvilinear drapery and a lack of emotionalism were also common traits. * The above characteristics describing pictorial images such as Gentile da Fabrianoís fresco of the Madonna with Child. *** Although damaged the Madonna with Child exemplifies some of the characteristic of the International Style. The Madonna is seated on a throne holding the Christ Child both of whom are in a frontal pose. The throne is in a shallow, golden niche. Above and to the viewerís right of the Madonna are two faint figures of angels which were part of an over-painting that could not be removed during restoration. The colours are brilliant. The Madonna’s drapery, modeled with subtle light and shade, is ample, soft and flowing while the figures have weight and volume compared to the deflated figural types of the North. The attention to detail in the costumes, heads, hands and Christís feet are carefully depicted. Research for Archivision by Marlene Philion-Jacques, B.A. (in Art History)
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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