La Cattura Di Giudas Essay

1. The title of the work is La Cattura di Cristo (bacio di Giuda) aka Kiss of Judas, The dimensions of the work is 185 x 200 cm the work of art is located at Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, in Padua, Italy. The date it was created is 1304-1306 and the art medium used is fresco Painting meaning that painting in which color pigments are mixed solely with water (no binding agent used) and then applied directly onto freshly laid lime-plaster surface.

2. There are 18 people in the foreground of the image and an uncountable number in the background. Jesus and Peter both have halos indicating their divine status, while Judas doesn’t. The people have a sort of bulky feel to them as well as very vibrant colored clothes. The contrast of the kiss against the side of the painting where peter is on the verge of violence, cutting off the ear of Malthus . The painting includes torches and spears.
Giotto di Bondone, was born 1266–67/1276, near Florence Italy and died Jan. 8, 1337, in Florence at the age of 70. Before his death, the city of Florence appointed him head Florentine architect and chief of public works. He is believed to have been a pupil of the Florentine painter Cimabue and to have decorated five different chapels. He became so widely known that the poet Dante made mention of him. However, because little of his life and few of his works are able to be confirmed his paintings remain under scrutiny and the source of plenty of speculation.
He is often considered the most important Italian painter of the 14th century because his style is said to be the foundation for the renaissance. He is also important to the art world because he was one of the first artists to incorporate tension and more realistic figures, this style differed from the other artists of the time in that most others works consisted of ethereal images that didn’t seem grounded in reality. He is considered the father of European painting and the first of the great Italian