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FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO MARTINI: The Coronation of the Virgin

🖼 The Coronation of the Virgin, 1472-73
Tempera on wood
337 × 200 cm
Siena, Italy

Celestial gold radiates from Christ and the Virgin amid kneeling saints in tiered, jewel-toned splendor. Francesco di Giorgio's delicate tempera achieves Byzantine grandeur while pioneering Renaissance spatial depth, merging medieval devotion with humanist perspective.

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E. H. Gombrich
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