# Conversano Polyptych [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIVARINI, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 157 x 271 ## Commentary The works of Bartolomeo Vivarini can be compared with those of Cosme Tura and Carlo Crivelli although they do not achieve the same high poetic quality. The influence of Renaissance ideas on his work is hampered by a tormented plasticity which is still Gothic, by strong contrasts of tone and a decorative line. The Conversano Polyptych is painted with the same unfailing constancy, the same archaic flavour that we find in all his brightly coloured altarpieces. In the central Nativity scene the countryside appears to climb with a "Gothic steepness" up to the narrow sky devoid of any atmospheric effect. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: VIVARINI, Bartolomeo Title: Conversano Polyptych Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece]() - [Annunciation]() - [Christ Enthroned \(detail\)]() - [Madonna and Child before a Red Curtain]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna della Misericordia]() - [Pala di San Marco \(central panel\)]() - [Pala di San Marco \(Triptych of St Mark\)]() - [Pala di San Marco \(Triptych of St Mark\)]() - [Polyptych]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()