'Saint Francis of Assisi and the Stigmata'

'In the impression, apotheosis Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, by artist Jan Van Eyck, we go across a picture which takes place on a fierce hillside overlooking a village. The scene shows fear Francis receiving his stigmata, which argon demonstrable wounds appearing on the custody and feet of the individual(a) receiving the anomaly. These wounds atomic number 18 apparently reflective of those which saviour endured throughout the suffering process.\nIn the painting, standing(a) next to enshrine Francis is a objet dart whom many deal to be crony Leo; cognise to be with ideal Francis when he had a vision of the nonsuch nailed to a cross, followed by the appearing of the somber stigmata. The painting is lots smaller than I expected. I knew that it was small, from figure discussions, but comprehend just how niggling it is, and how incredible the period is, is breathtaking. angel Francis is kneeling, captive in a brown feign that covers all of his sou ndbox except for his qualifying, hands and feet. Looking ambient at the anatomy, his soundbox looks as though its contorted, but Im assumptive thats purposeful so that the furnishs of his feet are visible. The paragon is just to the slump of saint Francis head. He has six go that are vivacious blues, creams and reds. Two of them are held above his head, 2 are lengthened outwards at his sides, and two are covering the bottom half of his body. The backer is nailed to a cross. The angels head is hung, but his look are instantaneously lined up with the stigmata on Saint Francis hands. The three hands are on a grassy hillside, with many plants and rocks environ them. The scene is varicoloured in enormous detail, right charge to the small boat full of batch and the view of the townspeople in the distance. evening the ferns on the contact foliage are almost compulsively realistic. Although the anatomy of the figures is meagerly get through, to show off the bottoms of Saint Francis feet, the painting is very small and looks, at initiatory glance, incredibly real.\nSaint Francis of Assisi and... '