ANGELICO, Fra: Crucified Christ with the Virgin, St John the Evangelist and Cardinal Juan de Torquemada
Golden light radiates from the crucified Christ, illuminating the grief-stricken Virgin and St. John below in delicate tempera. Fra Angelico's devotional composition synthesizes Byzantine gold-ground tradition with Renaissance spatial clarity, establishing the iconic Crucifixion formula for centuries of European art.
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