Gaddi artworks The
fresco cycle represents the
Stories of the Virgin. In this work, Gaddi showed his mastership of
Giotto's style, with a narrative disposition of the characters in the scenes, which are more crowded than his master's. He also continued to experiment with the use of
geometrical perspective in the architectural background, obtaining illusionistic effects in details such as the oblique staircase in the
Presentation at the Temple. The two niches with still lifes in the basement are perhaps inspired by Giotto's ones in the
Scrovegni Chapel. The delicate and soft features are characteristic of Gaddi's late style. The adoption of night light in the
Annunciation to the Shepherds is nearly unique in the mid-14th century painting of central Italy. Gaddi also designed the stained glasses, with four prophets on the exterior, and perhaps had a hand in the altarpiece also: this, dating to c. 1328, has the signature
Opus Magistri Jocti, but the style shows the hands of assistants, including Gaddi himself. It is an elaborate
polyptych, depicting the
Coronation of the Virgin surrounded by a crowded
Glory of Angels and Saints. The cusp of the altarpiece is now at the
San Diego Museum of Art of
San Diego, California,
United States. The original frame was replaced by a new one during the 15th century.
Other artworks Other artworks in the chapel include, on the right wall, a
Madonna of the Cintola by
Sebastiano Mainardi. The Baroncelli Polyptych, painted by
Giotto di Bondone c.1334, is in the chapel. The Baroncelli family owned the tomb on the external wall, which was designed by
Giovanni di Balduccio in 1327. He also sculpted the statuettes of the Archangel Gabriel and the Annunciation on the arcade's pillars. The "Madonna with Child" sculpture inside the chapel was created by
Vincenzo Danti in 1568. Taddeo Gaddi, Stories of the Virgin, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|
Stories of the Virgin (north wall) Taddeo Gaddi, Visitation, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|
Visitation (north wall) Taddeo Gaddi, Presentation of Mary, detail, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|
Presentation of Mary, detail (north wall) Gaddi Taddeo Announcement.jpg|
Annunciation to the Shepherds (east wall) Taddeo Gaddi, Adoration of the Magi, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|
Adoration of the Magi (east wall) Taddeo Gaddi, David, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|
David (with the Head of Goliath) (east wall column) Taddeo Gaddi, fresco decoration, c1330, Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|Fresco decoration beneath the narrative cycle (north wall) Taddeo Gaddi, fresco remains (1328-38) lefthand of Baroncelli chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.jpg|Fresco remains by Taddeo Gaddi on the left-hand side of the chapel, superimposed by the
Giorgio Vasari's
High Renaissance architecture The central part of the stained glass by Taddeo Gaddi in Baroncelli Chapel. Basilica Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.jpg|Two Prophets in the centre of the stained glass window designed by Taddeo Gaddi Cappella baroncelli, ext 01, monum. di giovanni di balducci 1327.JPG|The Baroncelli family tomb ==References==