Expressionist master from Santa Chiara

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The painter who created the frescoes in the right transept of the Basilica of Santa Chiara , Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Assisi, around 1337 is called the Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara ( Italian Maestro espressionista di Santa Chiara ) . It is also often referred to under its Italian name in German specialist literature.

The frescoes by the Expressionist master from Santa Chiara in Assisi show the burial of the saint in an upper row, at which her sister Agnes of Assisi can also be seen. There is also a depiction of the Last Judgment and some scenes from the lives of Mary and the young Jesus. Another row then shows a Madonna with Clare and again Saint Agnes, sister of Clare, with Saint Agnes of Rome , virgin and martyr. Other holy women and praying angels are also represented there.

The style of the series of frescoes by the Maestro espressionista di Santa Chiara is reminiscent of contemporary frescoes in the upper church of Assisi, which are also assigned to an anonymous painter. Both masters are very close to Giotto's style . In specialist and travel literature, the Maestro espressionista is sometimes referred to as an “exegete” , that is, Giotto's strict successor, or is also referred to as Giotto's pupil and workshop employee.

The addition Expressionistic in the emergency name of the Maestro espressionista di Santa Chiara , who is not known by name, distinguishes him from the Maestro di Santa Clara , who is also not known by name, who is known as the Master of St. Klara, the painter who created the panel of the saints in her church of the Holy Sepulcher around 1280. This shows two-dimensional figures in the old style and conventional Byzantine-influenced painting and arranges them in front of a background designed with formulaic symbols. The Maestro espressionista, on the other hand, as his name attribute should show, tries, like Giotto, to vividly portray a religious experience for the viewer in expressive, expressive pictures. He is one of the forerunners of the Renaissance in Italy.

A painted cross in the church of Chiara in Montefalco is also assigned to the expressionist master of Santa Chiara .

Some Italian art historians such as Elvio Lunghi identify the expressionist master of Santa Chiara with Palmerino di Guido from Giotto's circle . Frescoes by Palmerino di Guido have been preserved in the church of San Francesco in Gubbio . Whether Palmerino di Guido comes from Umbria or not from Siena is also discussed.

literature

  • Touring Club Italiano (Ed.): Umbria (Guida d'Italia) . Milan 1999 (Italian)
  • K. Zimmermanns: Umbria - Dumont Art Guide . Ostfildern 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FC Diegelmann, G. Freuler (Ed.): Illumination of the 13th to 15th centuries from a Swiss private collection . Auction catalog Koller Auctions , March 2008 (accessed online October 2009)
  2. ^ Touring Club Italiano (ed.): Roma (Guida d'Italia) . Milan 1999
  3. ↑ Montefalco . In: Michelin (Ed.): Italia - La Guida Verde 2007
  4. ↑ On the very likely identification of the "Maestro Espressionista di S. Chiara" with Palmerino di Guido writes the most detailed: Elvio Lunghi in Marino Bigaroni, Hans-Rudolf Meier, Elvio Lunghi: La Basilica di S. Chiara in Assisi. Quattroemme, Ponte San Giovanni (Perugia) 1994, pp. 195-230, esp. Pp. 227-229.
  5. ↑ Enciclopedia dell 'Arte Medievale and E. Lunghi, La Basilica di S. Chiara in Assisi.
personal data
SURNAME Expressionist master from Santa Chiara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maestro espressionista di Santa Chiara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: before 1337
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: after 1337