
Annunciation (Martini)
1333 · Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Gabriel's greeting runs toward Mary in raised gold letters and she twists away from it, her thumb still caught in her book.
★ 8.2

Gabriel's greeting runs toward Mary in raised gold letters and she twists away from it, her thumb still caught in her book.

A shepherd twists onto his back and throws up a hand against the glare. One of the first real night scenes in Western art.

Christ in vivid red is hauled by a rope through the gate of a white, many-towered Jerusalem while children scamper at the edge.

Angels dart and grieve around the cross while the Magdalene, hair loose, kneels to embrace its foot. A leaf from a travelling altarpiece.