The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven has given rise to many fine paintings. One of them is this excellent rendition by Lorenzo Monaco, done in 1407-09. Check out the zoom and you'll see what I mean. Those colors!
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Thank you for this today, Keara. When I visited the National Gallery in 1982, I likely saw this painting. Because of the color and exquisite detail, the paintings from this period were the most memorable paintings I saw in the National Gallery.
What I love most in this painting are the wings of the angels, seen in the ultimate close-up.
Interesting to see that the painting comes from an altarpiece of a Camaldolese monastery in Florence.
There is a wonderful Camaldolese monastery to visit if you or any of your blog readers ever go to the coast of Central California. I visited there in 2008 and was delighted to find that one of the monks was a painter:
http://www.hermitagebigsur.com/fruitcake.asp?ProductCategoryID=7
My favorite painting of his is called "Big Sur Spring." You can see it if you scroll down the page.
Posted by: am | January 21, 2012 at 08:47 AM