Religious Symbolism in Painting The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli

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Religious Symbolism in Painting The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli

The artist Carlo Crivelli painted 'The Annunciation, with Saint

Emidius' in the 15th century. Noticeably, Crivelli's portrayal of the

Annunciation differs vastly to the one actually presented in Luke

1:26-38 of the Bible. For instance, Jesus' coming was said to have

been announced to Mary in 'Nazareth, a town in Galilee' (Luke 1:26).

However, in Crivelli's interpretation of the event, the Annunciation

is set in the elaborate town of Ascoli, a town that has been portrayed

to be flourishing in the opulence and aesthetics that the Renaissance

had brought to Crivelli's era. However, Crivelli may have deliberately

intended to use this setting to serve as an emblem of new life as the

word Renaissance does mean "rebirth". Fundamentally, this new life is

aimed at the fore coming baby Jesus as well as to Ascoli itself. Its

connotations concerning Ascoli are that the town had been given a new

start by being awarded the privilege of autonomy to govern ...

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