Gothic Altar Screen

by Joan Carroll

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18.000 x 12.000 inches

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Gothic Altar Screen

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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No pictures! I got yelled at right after I took this photo of the main altar of the cathedral in Toledo Spain. So I wasn't able to turn the camera to get a vertical shot to show the entire thing! Yes, it's even bigger than this! The altar screen is apparently called a Retable. The retable of the Cathedral of Toledo is an extremely florid Gothic altarpiece; it is one of the last examples of this artistic style, which was disappearing as the Renaissance began to take hold in Spain. The work was begun in 1497 and finished in 1504. The retable rises to a great height above the altar; it includes an important statuary and a magnificent, delicate filigree of balusters, spires, small dossals, and chambranles, all done by Joan Peti. It consists of five continuous panels, the center panel being the widest; it is five storeys tall, and the lines of separation are stair-stepped. The themes of the central panel from bottom to top are: the figure of a seated Virgin and Child plated in silver on the predella, above this the tabernacle and a Gothic monstrance carved in wood, then a depiction of the Nativity, and above that, the Ascension. The whole culminates in a monumental scene of Christ's crucifixion at Calvary. Further themes of the life and passion of Jesus are represented on the other panels. It's an amazing piece! Truly, "they don't make them like that anymore"!

FEATURED PHOTO, Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, 7/30/13

FEATURED PHOTO, Let's All Participate group, 6/12/13

FEATURED PHOTO, Artists News group, 6/5/13

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June 3rd, 2013

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