A favorite part of our visit to Padua was a tour of the Scrovegni Chapel. The walls of this small chapel are covered in frescoes by Giotto, painted between 1303 and 1305. Wikipedia (the source of all information these days) calls the frescoes in this Chapel one of the most important examples of Western art.
The dark colored door to the right in this photo led to a room where we viewed an introductory video on the Chapel, but it was also designed to allow us to “dry out” (humidity control) while we waited for our turn to enter the Chapel.
All visits to the Chapel were carefully timed and regulated, and we only got a few minutes to be in the Chapel.
Hence, I’m highly disappointed in the photos I got, since they don’t give you the full sense of the Chapel. (I invite you to hunt for some other photos on the Internet to better see the Chapel.) For example, the entire Chapel seems covered in a deep blue color, like this photo I took of the ceiling. You will notice that most of my photos lack evidence of this vivid blue background color.
On the back wall of the room is a fresco of the final judgment, with Christ on His throne (just under the window) with the righteous souls on His right hand and sinners on His left.
The paintings on the side walls, in three tiers, featured the life of Mary and the life of Christ. I took several close-up shots of the frescoes on the life of Christ in the short time we had in the room. In the first examples, you can see the Last Supper (on the left) and the day of Pentecost (on the right).
Christ washing the feet of his apostles…
Christ appearing to Mary after His resurrection (left) and His ascension into Heaven (right). Click to enlarge.
Right next to the Scrovegni Chapel is a lovely city park.
With another view of the Chapel from the park.
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