Arena Chapel

Arena Chapel
a private chapel in Padua containing a fresco cycle painted (1305-06) by Giotto. Also called Scrovegni Chapel.

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also called  Scrovegni Chapel 
 (consecrated March 25, 1305) small chapel built in the first years of the 14th century in Padua, Italy, by Enrico Scrovegni and containing frescoes by the Florentine painter Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) (see photograph—>). A “Last Judgment” covers the entire west wall. The rest of the chapel is covered with frescoes in three tiers representing scenes from the lives of Saints Joachim and Anna, the life of the Virgin, the Annunciation, and the Life and Passion of Christ, concluding with the Pentecost. Below the three narrative bands is a fourth containing monochrome personifications of the virtues and vices. The frescoes were completed in or before 1309, and they are generally dated about 1305–06.

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