03 — ARTWORK
View of Cell 3
- MEDIUM
- Fresco, 190 x 164 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1000 × 1394 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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The picture shows a view of Cell 3 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. The frescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. on the wall depicts the scene of the Annunciationthe term for the event described in the Gospel according to St. Luke, when the Angel Gabriel brings the Virgin Mary the news that she is to bear her son, Jesus Christ. The Annunciation was among the most widespread pictorial subjects of European art during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. with a standing angel and a kneeling Virgin, slight and frail, who holds her open book to her breast.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {View of Cell 3 by ANGELICO, Fra},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/angelico-fra-rf8b8fb374667eb/view-of-cell-3-rfdb07a4e6ced6d},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
