page_title: Jacobello del Fiore
section_title: Crucifixion
hierarchical_section_title: Jacobello del Fiore / List of works with technical descriptions / Crucifixion
context_page_description: Jacobello del Fiore was a Venetian artist in the late fourteenth century and early fifteenth century. His early work is in the Late Gothic style popularized by Altichiero da Verona and Jacopo Avanzi, two of his contemporaries, while his mature work displays a local Venetian style established by the school of Paolo Veneziano, an artist and workshop proprietor with notable Byzantine inspiration in his work. This stylistic return to his roots sets him apart from Niccolò di Pietro and Zanino di Pietro, Venetian contemporaries he is often associated with. During his lifetime, he received commissions primarily on the Adriatic coast and in Venice.
context_section_description: Art historians widely presume that Crucifixion was a single part of a larger whole work or altarpiece. Jesus is presented on the same plane as all of the other figures in the painting, yet he appears to be much larger than any other person in the frame. Christ's proportional domination of the composition exemplifies a common Renaissance technique used to place emphasis on a subject.  Most of the bright color from this piece comes from clothing, ranging from red to blue and orange tones. The color of the clothing is especially accentuated by the skin tones of the figures, which have become muted and faded over time.
  While the plethora of people that surround Jesus may look like a randomly distributed crowd, they are actually placed in a sort of continuum or timeline, and include significant people such as Saint John and Mary Magdalene.  The figures have sequential and chronological significance when viewed from left to right, as they tell the story leading up to the crucifixion depicted in the painting. The composition displays a rudimentary use of perspective: While there does not appear to be one set or standard vanishing point or horizon line, the wood of the cross and the stone of the wall behind Christ appear to have depth. The rocks present in the foreground of the piece are developed in a realistic manner with regard to shading.
  Crucifixion illustrates and showcases Jacobello's level of proficiency with regards to human anatomy, and his attempts to pose figures in more natural or realistic positions than they had been in the past.  This piece, one of his most famous, is used by art historians to demonstrate Jacobello's progression, and first attempts separate himself from the Byzantine art styles that preceded him.
caption: Jacobello del Fiore: Crucifixion, 1400
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