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Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500
Opens: 06/07/2011 Closes: 02/10/2011
The National Gallery, London
Functional and contextual mysteries will be explored in this fascinating culmination of a huge amount of research undertaken on Italian altarpieces from the 13th to the end of the 15th century. Free-standing originals and reconstructions will be displayed to reveal previously hidden elements.
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The Arts Desk“A succinct survey from the famous to the lesser known...” Here be a treasure house of stories in paint: saints, sinners and the narrative of the divine made flesh, from the Annunciation to the crucifixion. Some 40 Italian altarpieces, from the 13th through to the 15th centuries...
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The Independent“A national gallery has a duty to educate...” This is an entirely admirable exhibition: clever without being threatening, accessible without talking down; entirely worthy of its subject...
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this is london“Straightforwardly didactic...” This is a technical exhibition, a how, what and why examination of painting as it stepped from the frescoed wall where, to the illiterate poor, it told stories from the Bible and the Golden Legend of the saints...
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The Telegraph“In essence a didactic show...” Even if you feel you know these images well, to see them dramatically lit against dark walls and at the height they would have been hung in their original architectural setting is to see them as though for the first time...
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