Example sentences for: transfiguration

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  • Don’t miss the Catalan Gothic altarpieces in the chapels behind the altar; the nine panels of the Transfiguration painted for the San Benito chapel in the 15th century by Bernat Martorell are considered his masterpiece.

  • This collection of nine centuries of paintings includes important works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, Perugino, Raphael’s Transfiguration (his last great work), Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished St. Jerome, Bellini’s Pietà, and Caravaggio’s Descent from the Cross.

  • His celebrated Annunciation faces the top of the stairs — compare the simpler version in cell 3 — while other outstanding works include the mystic Transfiguration in cell 6 and Jesus Mocked in cell 7. In the small refectory is the important Ghirlandaio mural of the Last Supper, a subject traditionally found in monastic dining rooms.

  • Highlights include: Giovanni Bellini’s gentle Transfiguration of Christ standing serenely between Moses and Elijah; Mantegna’s Portrait of a Boy; and Michelangelo’s drawing of Three Soldiers for his Vatican fresco of St. Peter’s Crucifixion.


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