Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday, so we have to present the great Palm Sunday fresco by Giotto. Giotto stands at the crossroads between the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. While monumental in its own right, his work broke new ground and points the direction that art would take to its culmination in the work of Raphael and Michelangelo. In spite of adhering to the medieval formula of a flat background (that in that time usually had been painted all in gold), Giotto managed to create a sense of spatial reality, giving his figures weight and life. There is directness of observation and, above all, a projection of strong emotions which raise these frescoes far beyond those of any others of his own time.