Painting titled "Saint François dans…" by Giovanni Bellini, Original Artwork, Tempera

Saint François dans le désert Painting by Giovanni Bellini

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Original Artwork Painting, Tempera / Oil on Wood

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 49in, Width 55.5in
Framing This artwork is not framed

La peinture "Saint François dans le désert" est l'une des œuvres les plus célèbres de Giovanni Bellini. Elle représente Saint François d'Assise, souvent simplement appelé Saint François, en contemplation profonde dans un paysage sauvage et rocheux qui symbolise le désert.

Saint François est au centre de la composition, debout et les bras écartés, dans une posture qui évoque à la fois la réception d'une vision céleste et la crucifixion du Christ. Son regard est tourné vers le ciel, et son expression est celle de l'extase spirituelle. Il est vêtu de la simple tunique marron de l'ordre franciscain, avec une corde en guise de ceinture.

À la gauche du saint, on voit un crâne posé sur un rebord rocheux, un symbole traditionnel de la méditation sur la mort et la nature éphémère de la vie. La présence d'outils d'ermite, tels qu'une carafe d'eau et une besace accrochée à un poteau, indique le renoncement matériel et la vie d'ascèse de François.

Le paysage lui-même est riche et détaillé, avec des formations rocheuses abruptes et des plantes sauvages. L'arrière-plan révèle un monde pastoral plus calme, avec des animaux et une architecture qui rappelle la civilisation, signifiant peut-être l'interaction entre le monde naturel et la société humaine.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Tempera

Paint based on an emulsion, greasy or lean with a pigment. Traditionally it is a painting using egg yolk, a natural emulsion, or whole egg as a medium to bind pigments.

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Artist represented by Artmajeur Editions

Giovanni Bellini

Italy

Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter who lived around 1430 and died on November 26, 1516. He was likely the most well-known member of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He grew up in the[...]