Sacred conversation

Sacred Conversation by Palma Vecchio includes a donor portrait

1 See also
Conversation piece
Annalena altarpiece with predella by Fra Angelico.

2 References
[1] Glossary: Sacra Conversazione. National Gallery, 2013.
Retrieved 30 January 2013.

In art, a sacra conversazione (Italian pronunciation:

[sakra konvrsatsjone]) meaning holy/sacred conversation, but usually left in Italian, is a depiction of the
Virgin and Child (the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus)
amidst a group of saints in a relatively informal grouping,
as opposed to the more rigid and hierarchical compositions of earlier periods.[1]
The form developed during the Italian Renaissance as
artists replaced earlier hieratic triptych or polyptych formats for altarpieces with compositions in which gures
interacted within a unied perspectival space. Early examples are Annalena altarpiece by Fra Angelico and others by Filippo Lippi. Among other artists to depict such a
scene are Piero della Francesca, Giovanni Bellini, Paolo
Veronese, and Andrea Mantegna. Early examples such as
the Bellini illustrated rarely show actual conversation or
much interaction, though this may be seen from the 16th
century on, as in the Madonna and Child with Saints Luke
and Catherine of Alexandria by Titian. The setting is often architectural, but may be a garden or, especially later,
an open landscape.
The group subjects known as Hortus conclusus, with
Mary and often others in a closed garden, and the Virgo
inter virgines, Mary with virgin saints, are related types,
most popular in the 15th century.
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3 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

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Text

Sacred conversation Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred%20conversation?oldid=643175396 Contributors: Wetman, Xyzzyva,

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File:Angelico,_pala_di_annalena_con_predella.jpg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Angelico%2C_

pala_di_annalena_con_predella.jpg License: Public domain Contributors: http://www.aiwaz.net Original artist: Fra Angelico (circa 1395
1455)
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