Spirito volenteroso ma carnale debole: Discepoli stanchi Pietro, Giovanni e Giacomo si spengono mentre Gesù sopporta l'agonia al Getsemani, in questo dettaglio di un affresco nel chiostro medievale accanto alla Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta a Bressanone Bressanone, alto Adige, Trentino, Italia. Il chiostro è riccamente decorato con arte tardo gotica e primo Rinascimento risalente al 1390 circa.
4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
8 giugno 2008
Ubicazione:
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: exhausted disciples Peter, John and James fall asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane despite promising Jesus that they would watch and pray: detail of biblical fresco in ceiling vault of the 12th century cloister beside the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. Gospel accounts record that Jesus sweated blood during the Agony at Gethsemane as he endured the anguish of knowing that he would be betrayed, arrested and crucified - but was strengthened by an angel sent from heaven. He checked on the apostles after each of his three prayers to God and, finding them asleep, uttered the immortal phrase: “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”. Shortly afterwards, Judas approached Jesus to betray him. This depiction of events after the Last Supper in the garden below the Mount of Olives is among many Late Gothic and Early Renaissance artworks painted on the cloister’s walls and groined ceiling between the late 1300s and early 1500s. The oldest are by a group of artists active throughout this mainly German-speaking region. Later Renaissance frescoes in the cloister are judged to be either solo work by 15th century painter Lienhart Scherhauff, also known as Leonhard von Brixen, Leonardo da Bressanone and Maestro dello Scorpione (Master of the Scorpion), or are by his studio. Lienhart and his artists produced fresco cycles for churches throughout South and East Tyrol, transforming Tyrolean Christian art with their softer and more delicate style. The spa city of Bressanone-Brixen was founded in 901 AD, becoming the seat of powerful Prince Bishops whose influence forged links between southern Germany and northern Italy. South Tyrol became part of Italy after the 1914-18 First World War. D0742.A8880
