On the north wall of the Cappella Sistina, the Stories of Christ, which originally included eight panels are depicted. The title over the third (the original first panel Nativity fresco painted by Perugino on the altar wall was subsequently destroyed to make room for Michelangelo's Last Judgement) panel fresco ("TEMPTATIO IESU CHRISTI LATORIS EVANGELICAE LEGIS") refers to the Temptations of Christ described in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 4:1-11), even if these are placed in the background, where they are shown in three successive scenes. On the upper left Christ meets the devil, in the form of a hermit, who asks him for a miracle in order to tempt him. In the centre Satan on top of the pediment of a temple which recalls the Santo Spirito Hospital (near the Vatican), the construction of which was promoted by Sixtus IV, challenges Jesus to throw himself off. Lastly, on the right, Jesus makes the devil fall from a cliff. A sacrificial rite is shown in a prominent position, in the foreground. This is usually interpreted as that offered by the leper after he was healed by Christ (Matthew 8: 1-4; Mark 1: 40-45; Luke 5: 12-16). Some also see a symbolic value in this scene and they identify the high priest with Moses and the youth with Christ, who will redeem mankind with the sacrifice of his own blood. (http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/ ... _N_StCristo_02.html)作者: ngsunyu 时间: 2010-7-11 07:48
西斯廷小教堂内祭坛两侧墙壁各有6幅壁画，北墙上的耶稣组画从西往东分别是：《耶稣受洗》、《耶稣受试探》、《耶稣招收门徒》、《耶稣登山宝训》、《耶稣传给圣彼得天国的钥匙》、《最后的晚餐》。2010年梵蒂冈《耶稣受试探》邮票纪念桑德罗·波提切利死后500年。作者: 张福魁 时间: 2010-7-12 21:25
欣赏，欣赏，欣赏！作者: ngsunyu 时间: 2010-12-14 08:26
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, the real name of Sandro Botticelli, was born in Florence of a relatively modest background in 1445. He spent his first years of study in the workshop of Filippo Lippi who most likely influenced his first paintings of the Madonna. Later he became very close to the Medici family for whom he produced various paintings, especially portraits. After he and the Medicis had to flee Florence, he became influenced by the preaching of Savonarola and changed his painting style focusing more on the sacred. In 1481 he was called to Rome by Sixtus IV who commissioned him to paint three frescoes for the Sistine Chapel: The Life of Moses, The Temptation of Christ, and The Punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. The facial details of the female figures in the Temptation of Christ have been chosen for the 0,60 Euro postage stamp in this Vatican series dedicated to one of the greatest Italian painters. After his death Sandro Botticelli was almost forgotten and only in the 1800s rediscovered, studied, appreciated and widely imitated. (http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Se ... rod--F_2010_003.htm)作者: chinamc 时间: 2010-12-14 08:43
真够丰富的，呵呵作者: ngsunyu 时间: 2010-12-14 14:49
