Flight into Egypt

Giotto 1267–1337

Flight into Egypt (1305) by Giotto. Its palette is led by stone (#6e6a5c, 34%) and taupe (#555045, 18%), with accents of light sand and bone. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color note

Giotto gave painting solid figures in real space. In the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (c. 1305) his scenes sit beneath a deep blue vault scattered with gold stars.

Palette

#6e6a5c MG 175 stone 33.7% of canvas
#555045 MG 176 taupe 18.2% of canvas
#47322d MG 177 dark taupe 15.8% of canvas
#b0a188 MG 181 light sand 15.6% of canvas
#45586f MG 210 slate 11.5% of canvas
#d6c9bf MG 171 bone 5.2% of canvas

Color families

Brown 62%, Gray 24%, Blue 8%, Black 2%, Yellow 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.52
Contrast: 0.47
Vividness: 0.032
Warmth: +0.54
Complexity: 223 cells
Hue range: 0.61
Focus: 0.02

Composition

56% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.47 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 5% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 34% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1305
Medium: Fresco
Size: 200.0 × 185.0 cm
Genre: religious art
Collection: Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

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