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Be familiar with the FOUR PART FORMULA: What is a? What is b? What is c? What is d?
Which one is a numerator? a, b, c or d?
Which one is a denominator? a, b, c or d?
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is known for paintings that combine the high drama and emotion of baroque art with elements of Venetian colorism and Flemish naturalism. These influences blend most successfully in The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua, a work created when he was at the peak of his artistic powers. The painting was commissioned in 1649 by Cardinal Girolamo Verospi for a new church at the Capuchin monastery in Osimo, a small town in central Italy near the Adriatic coast. It was to be placed over the high altar. Because the church was being dedicated to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, the composition of the altarpiece needed to reflect the doctrine that Mary was conceived without sin. Castiglione depicted her as the Queen of Heaven, standing on a crescent moon and attended by a heavenly host and two kneeling saints, Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua. The coat of arms at the lower left attests that all expenses for the commission were borne by the church's archdeacon and patron, Pier Filippo Fiorenzi.