* ~ Godnat ~ Goodnight ~ Bonne nuit ~ Buonanotte ~ Buenas noches ~ ราตรีสวัสดิ์ ~ Gute Nacht ~ * youtube/watch?v=3zVsM-t-Adw An extract of a piece written for the exhibition European Art 1300-1800. Title: Virgin and Child Playing with a Goldfinch and Holding a Sheaf of Millet (Cecco di Pietro, 1379) Cecco di Pietro is a typical artist from the early Italian Renaissance. The figures are stylised and have little volume. The surroundings are without depth or perspective. These features tie the motif to the surface and lift it out of the flow of time. The gold ground symbolically denotes that we are in a realm beyond ours, in Heaven. As was common in art at the time, everything has symbolic significance. The infant Jesus holds a goldfinch, which symbolises the Passion -- the bird lives on thistles, and so refers to the crown of thorns. The bird has a ribbon tied around its foot. Its fettering symbolises the soul caged in the body. Only with the Resurrection is the soul set free. Thus, the bird also becomes a symbol of resurrection. The sheaf of millet in the childs right hand symbolises the bread of communion, and the coral around his neck protects the child against evil. (From: National Gallery of Denmark homepage) More info and free music: roestmusic/ Music by RØST Video Art by Iben West youtube/watch?v=HPQp96LiJVA An extract of a piece written for the exhibition European Art 1300-1800 at National Gallery of Denmark. Painting: Christ as the Suffering Redeemer (Andrea Mantegna, 1495-1500) More info and free music: roestmusic/ Music by RØST Video Art by Iben West youtube/watch?v=seEcnVQse-0 An extract of a piece written for the exhibition European Art 1300-1800 at National Gallery of Denmark. Painting: Dutch Panorama Landscape with a Distant View of Haarlem (Philips Koninck, 1654) More info and free music: roestmusic Music by RØST Video art by Iben West youtube/watch?v=be6vFxA62TI An extract of a piece written for the exhibition European Art 1300-1800 at National Gallery of Denmark. Painting: The Triumph of Pulcinella (Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753-54) More info and free music: roestmusic/ Music by RØST Video art by Iben West
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