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Luca signorelli, Benedict discovers Totila's deceit, scene from the Life of St Benedict, 1497-1499, by Luca Signorelli (ca 1441-1450-1523), fresco, Great Cloister, Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (1)
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Luca Signorelli
Le storie di San Benedetto, Scena 28 -Come Benedetto riconosce e accoglie Totila| Chiostro grande del monastero di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
Life of St Benedict, Scene 28 -Benedict Recognizes and Receives Totila | The Great Cloister, Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore
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In the abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, a fourteenth-century Benedictine in the Crete Senesi, the unique frescoes that adorn the Chiostro Grande are a high point of Renaissance painting. The walls are painted with 36 scenes that depict the life of St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine order named after him.
The frescoes are the masterpiece by Luca Signorelli and Il Sodoma. This twenty-eighth scene was painted by Luca Signorelli.
The two scenes dealing with the Gothic king Totila, painted by Signorelli, are crowded with figures and full of action, and in a sense fall out of the established framework of the cycle, for here the fathers are confronted with a powerful figure from the outside world. Benedict is not fooled by Totila's ruse of sending his servant dressed in his own armour (Scene 27). Despite the king's arrogance and trickery, Benedict subsequently receives him, confronts him with his numerous misdeeds, and prophesies his end (Scene 28).
Scene 28 of the cycle on the life of St Benedict depicts Benedict recognizing and receiving Totila.
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Luca Signorelli, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Chiostro Grande
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Luca Signorelli, autoritratto
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Luca Signorelli, ciclo di affreschi nel Chiostro Grande dell'Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, le storie di San Benedetto,
Scena 28 - Come Benedetto riconosce e accoglie Totila (dettaglii)
Luca Signorelli (ca 1441-1450-1523), Benedict recognising and welcoming Totila, scene from the Life of St Benedict, 1497-1499,
fresco, Great Cloister, Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (details)
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Art in Tuscany | Luca Signorelli
De Crete Senesi in Toscane | De abdij van Monte Oliveto Maggiore | De fresco's van Il Sodoma en Luca Signorelli in het Chiostro Grande
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[1] Photo by Traveling Guide © All rights reserved
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