Maestà, the Italian word for "majesty", designates an iconic formula of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus often accompanied with angels and saints. Iconography is the branch of Art history which studies the identification description and the interpretation of the content of images Images of the Madonna and Madonna and Child are one of the central Icons of Christianity, representing the Madonna or Mary mother of Jesus Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity The Maestà is an extension of the "Seat of Wisdom" theme of the seated "Mary Theotokos", "Mary Mother of God", which is a counterpart to the earlier icon of Christ in Majesty, the enthroned Christ that is familiar in Byzantine mosaics. In the Roman Catholic tradition the epithet "the Seat of Wisdom " or " Throne of Wisdom " (a translation of the still-used Latin sedes sapientiae Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Christ in Majesty, or Christ in Glory, in Latin Majestas Domini, is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world always Art History Mosaics of the 4th century BC are found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegae, and they enriched the floors of Hellenistic
Paintings depicting the Maestà came into the artistic repertory in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, with an increased emphasis on the veneration of Mary. The Maestà was often executed in fresco technique directly on plastered walls or as paintings on gessoed wooden altar panels. Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or An altar is any structure upon which Sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place A panel painting is a Painting on a panel made of wood either a single piece or a number of pieces joined together
A more domestic representation, suitable to private devotion, is the iconographic theme of Madonna and Child.
Examples of Maestà in painting
The most famous example of the Maestà is the Maestà with Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints, an altarpiece comprised of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an Altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in An altarpiece is a picture or Relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the Altar of a church Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Siena. Duccio di Buoninsegna (c 1255-1260 &ndash c 1318-1319 was one of the most influential Italian artists of his time The painting was installed in the city's cathedral on June 9, 1311. The Medieval Cathedral of Siena ( Italian: Duomo di Siena) dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church and Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Although it took a generation for its effect truly to be felt, Duccio's Maestà set Italian painting on a course leading away from the hieratic representations of Byzantine art towards more direct presentations of reality.
Other noted examples of the Maestà are Simone Martini's Maestà in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, or Cimabue's fresco in the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Simone Martini (c 1284 – c 1344 was an Italian painter born in Siena. The Palazzo Pubblico ( town hall) is a palace in the city of Siena, located in the Tuscany region of Italy. Cenni di Pepo (Giovanni Cimabue (c 1240 — c 1302 also known as Bencivieni di Pepo or in modern Italian Benvenuto di Giuseppe was an Italian painter and creator The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, Italy is the burial place of St Francis and the mother church of the Franciscan Order
References
- Ragioneri, Giovanna. Duccio. Florence: Cantini. 1989 ISBN 88-7737-058-0.
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