The Triumphs of Love, Chastity, and Death and the Triumphs of Fame, Time, and Divinity is an art piece attributed to Girolamo da Cremona circa 1460s show cased at the Denver Art Museum in the American and European section of the art galleria. This medium of art was made through paint with oil on a panel in Italy.
This particular painting was based on the 14th century poem, “The Triumphs” by Francesco Petrarch which illustrates two families combined by wedding of the top panel with the bottom panel. Viewers can immediately see the amongst all differences, they all share the same necessary traits to make this piece come as one. They all illustrate a deity seen upon a chariot all being pulled by different beasts. Beneath those deities are the …show more content…
You can see other Gods among him by the chariot along with other travelers who’s under Love’s bounds, which is representative of the captive chained naked sitting on the chariot. They all show a sign of expression and movement, illustrating fluidity to that of the emotion, love. In the “Triumph of Chastity” the God of chastity leads the group this time. Chastity wears a white dress symbolizing innocence, along with the unicorns pulling the chariot, demoting innocence as well. Along her are her family of followers who are all women dressed formally which symbolize the ideals of chastity itself with the God of love chained up to abstain from such ideas of lust. This panel sets the tone of liveliness through abstinence. In the final panel is the “God of Death” Death crushes all who comes in his way. The land is dead and the only other living this in this panel are the bulls, which in Spanish culture is symbolic of strength and an unstoppable force. Death stands on a chariot which is shaped similarly of an outer sarcophagus and is illustrated as a skeleton holding a scythe, which are both common representations of death. You can even see a crown illustrating the tone that nothing, no matter how powerful, can triumph death …show more content…
Among some of the heroes, you can actually see Judith with the beheaded head of Holofernes who fits perfectly among the group as one of the few heroines in ancient history. Behind them are a small group of philosophers including, Plato and Aristotle, entailing that Fame is not just connoted with acts of heroism, but the benefit of society itself. These figures were prominent figures in the ancient world and they are great representation of ancient celebrities in Europe. In the next panel to the right is the “Triumph of Time” Among him are all old men seen by their long beards illustrating longevity and wisdom. The setting sun, unlike other panels, illustrates a different time of day to illustrating moving forward as seen by the orange in the sky setting over the horizon mixed in with the blue. The tone here illustrates the idea of moving forward constantly for everyone and there is no turning back or second chance at life. The final panel is the “Triumph of Divinity” illustrating the God of Gods. God is the only seated deity sitting upon the High Throne with the Holy Book in his left hand, with his right hand waving forward leading the path to divinity. God is surrounded by his four evangelists, Matthew as the angel, Mark as the lion, Luke as the ox, and John as the eagle. Surrounding him are red seraphim, who
This particular painting was based on the 14th century poem, “The Triumphs” by Francesco Petrarch which illustrates two families combined by wedding of the top panel with the bottom panel. Viewers can immediately see the amongst all differences, they all share the same necessary traits to make this piece come as one. They all illustrate a deity seen upon a chariot all being pulled by different beasts. Beneath those deities are the …show more content…
You can see other Gods among him by the chariot along with other travelers who’s under Love’s bounds, which is representative of the captive chained naked sitting on the chariot. They all show a sign of expression and movement, illustrating fluidity to that of the emotion, love. In the “Triumph of Chastity” the God of chastity leads the group this time. Chastity wears a white dress symbolizing innocence, along with the unicorns pulling the chariot, demoting innocence as well. Along her are her family of followers who are all women dressed formally which symbolize the ideals of chastity itself with the God of love chained up to abstain from such ideas of lust. This panel sets the tone of liveliness through abstinence. In the final panel is the “God of Death” Death crushes all who comes in his way. The land is dead and the only other living this in this panel are the bulls, which in Spanish culture is symbolic of strength and an unstoppable force. Death stands on a chariot which is shaped similarly of an outer sarcophagus and is illustrated as a skeleton holding a scythe, which are both common representations of death. You can even see a crown illustrating the tone that nothing, no matter how powerful, can triumph death …show more content…
Among some of the heroes, you can actually see Judith with the beheaded head of Holofernes who fits perfectly among the group as one of the few heroines in ancient history. Behind them are a small group of philosophers including, Plato and Aristotle, entailing that Fame is not just connoted with acts of heroism, but the benefit of society itself. These figures were prominent figures in the ancient world and they are great representation of ancient celebrities in Europe. In the next panel to the right is the “Triumph of Time” Among him are all old men seen by their long beards illustrating longevity and wisdom. The setting sun, unlike other panels, illustrates a different time of day to illustrating moving forward as seen by the orange in the sky setting over the horizon mixed in with the blue. The tone here illustrates the idea of moving forward constantly for everyone and there is no turning back or second chance at life. The final panel is the “Triumph of Divinity” illustrating the God of Gods. God is the only seated deity sitting upon the High Throne with the Holy Book in his left hand, with his right hand waving forward leading the path to divinity. God is surrounded by his four evangelists, Matthew as the angel, Mark as the lion, Luke as the ox, and John as the eagle. Surrounding him are red seraphim, who