In this colorful painting, we see the Christ with his disciples coming into a city. A crowd seems to be awaiting the procession with offerings, branches of a saint plants. There are kids which look excited, and elder men that look more solemn, two of them holding their hands whether in sign of respect and disagreement. But i would rather think respect since this is a work of art to the Christ and to show his magnificence. Two men even climb in trees to reach the branches of the sacred trees to bless the Christ and his group with them. In the background, at the top of the painting, there is a church standing there, which is probably the Christl goal.
The athmosphere of the paintings give a sense of space, a certain athmosphere which is particular to religious painting. Indeed, to celebrate the Christ, the artist decided to realize a painting with a sense of space and movement. Indeed, the way Duccio has designed them, the people seem actually to be moving and expressing the admiration adn their impatience in the crowd for instance. And the fact that he was able to put so many crucial details that lead the way from the Christ to the church create a picture so real. Indeed, the work of art is an impressive proof of the importance of church. The Christ attract our eyes by his posture over the dunkee and by the gold circle around his head. And that it exactly what the artist tried with lines and diagonales. He wanted the viewer's look to focus on the Christ, to express how central he is in the artist's religion and life and how he should be in ours. This painting is an unique contribution to the recognition of God in religion. It effectively transmitt the message that Christianity wants to convey.
This was Duccoi's novel, almost unprecedented, contribution to the art of the period, the use of architecture to demarcate space rather than to act as a simple backdrop.
Title: Toward The Renaissance
Source : Living With Art p. 391 (Eigth Edition) by Mark Getlein
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