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The Scrovegni Chapel (Italian: Cappella degli Scrovegni [kapˈpɛlla deʎʎi skroˈveɲɲi]), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy.
The Scrovegni Chapel was built as a private chapel next to the Eremitani Monastery by the wealthy Scrovegni family and consecrated in 1305. Between 1304 and 1306, Giotto decorated the interior walls of the chapel with a series of frescoes depicting scenes from the Life of Jesus. The upper sections of the walls also include stories of Joachim ...
The table below shows whether a scene was the subject of a feast-day in the Western church, and gives the contents of the cycles (described above and below) by: Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel, a typical Book of hours, [5] the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, [6] the cycle of the "Master of the Louvre Life of the Virgin", [7] Ghirlandajo's Tornabuoni Chapel cycle, and the print cycles of Israhel ...
Giotto di Bondone, Legend of St Joachim, Meeting at the Golden Gate, 1305, in the Scrovegni Chapel, is an early Western depiction of the scene.. Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate is a narrative of the parents of the Virgin Mary, Joachim and Anne meeting at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem, upon learning that she will bear a child.
Interior of the Scrovegni Chapel with a large fresco cycle by Giotto. St. Augustine Gospels, Italian, about 600, now only a quarter survives. Many miracles. Castelseprio; Codex Aureus of Echternach, 11th-century Ottonian gospel book, with some 60 scenes, including many parables; St. Albans Psalter, cycle of 40 images, mostly full-page. The ...
Enrico Scrovegni was a Paduan money-lender who lived around the time of Giotto and Dante. He was the son of Reginaldo degli Scrovegni and Capellina Malacapelli, and was married twice, first to a member of the Carrara family, then to Jacopina (Giacomina) d'Este, daughter of Francesco d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara.
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The Scrovegni Chapel is an example of a star-painted ceiling. It was painted by Giotto di Bondone and his assistants between 1303 - 1305 A.D. [ 16 ] The work depicts scenes from the Bible, with hundreds of geometrically aligned stars mixed into the mural.