Il y a la petite chapelle de campagne, il y a les chapelles dans les absides des églises. Et il y a surtout l’Italie qui fait appel à des peintres pour des fresques mémorables. Giotto fait l’ouverture.
– Giotto di Bondone, The Chapel viewed towards the entrance, 1303-06, Fresco, Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
– Gaddi, Taddeo, View of the Baroncelli Chapel from the north, c. 1330, Fresco, Cappella Baroncelli, Santa Croce, Florence
– Maso di Banco, View of the Bardi di Vernio Chapel from the Southwest, c. 1335, Fresco, Cappella di Bardi di Vernio, Santa Croce, Florence
– Nardo di Cione, View of the chapel from the east, 1354-57, Fresco, Cappella Strozzi, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
– Altichiero da Zevio, View of the chapel, 1378-84, Fresco, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua
– Masolino da Panicale, View of the Chapel, 1425-31, Fresco, Castiglione Chapel, San Clemente, Rome
– Zavattari, Franceschino, View of the Tomb Chapel of Queen Theodolinda, 1430-47, Fresco, Cathedral, Monza
– Angelico, Fra, View of the chapel, 1447-49, Fresco, Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
– Lippi, Fra Filippo, Madonna in the Forest (copy on the altar of the chapel), c. 1460, Oil on panel, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
– Gozzoli, Benozzo, View of the Chapel, 1459-60, Fresco, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
– Rossellino, Antonio, View of the Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal, 1460-73, White and coloured marbles, width of chapel 480 cm, San Miniato al Monte, Florence
– Ghirlandaio, Domenico, View of the Sassetti Chapel, 1483-85, Fresco, Santa Trinita, Florence
– Ghirlandaio, Domenico, Right wall of the Tornabuoni Chapel (detail), 1486-90, Fresco, Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Tout pour le Baptiste dans cette chapelle, danse de Salomé, baptême et prédication.
– Lippi, Filippino, Carafa Chapel, 1489-91, Fresco, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
– Michelangelo Buonarroti, View of the Medici Chapel, 1526-33, Marble, Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
– Pontormo, Jacopo, View of the Capponi Chapel, c. 1528, Cappella Capponi, Santa Felicità, Florence
– Fonyana, Domenico, View of the Sistine Chapel, c. 1580, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
– Abbatini, Guido Ubaldo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Cornaro Chapel, c. 1650, Oil on canvas, 168 x 120 cm, Staatliches Museum, Schwerin
Noter que l’original est à Rome :
– Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, The Ecstasy of Saint Therese, 1647-52, Marble, height 350 cm, Cappella Cornaro, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
– Canaletto, Interior View of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 1750-53, Oil on canvas, 78 x 67 cm, Private collection
– Ademollo, Luigi, View of the Palatine Chapel, 1800s, Fresco, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
La chapelle Sixtine est à part. Elle mesure 40,93 x 13,41 m, ce qui représente les mesures du Temple de Salomon selon l’ancien Testament.
– Michelangelo Buonarroti, Exterior of the Sistine Chapel, 1475-83, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
– Pontelli, Baccio, Exterior of the Sistine Chapel, 1475-83, Photo, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Quand le mot fresque trouve tout son sens.
– Michelangelo Buonarroti, Interior of the Sistine Chapel, 1475-83, 1508-12, 1535-41, Frescoes, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
– Vaccaro, Lorenzo, Mass in the Sistine Chapel, Engraving, 544 x 396 mm, British Museum, London
– Alberti, Cherubino, Part of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1577, Engraving, British Museum, London
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- Voir aussi : Cool chapelles (II)