ʻO ke kula pena kiʻi ʻItalia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Louvre

Ua loaʻa iā Napoleon ka hapa nui o ka pena ʻItalia, no laila he hōʻiliʻili koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi hoʻi ka Louvre.

ʻO Chronologically, ʻike mākou i nā hana na: Giotto (1266-1337) i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka makuakāne o ka pena kiʻi hou, kahi hale hōʻikeʻike kekahi o kāna mau hana ʻelele nui loa "Saint Francis of Assisi e loaʻa nei ka stigmata". ʻO Paolo Uccello, me kāna hana kaulana "The Battle of San Romano".

ʻO Fra Angelico, me kāna hana "El Calvario". ʻO Jacopo Bellini, me "The Virgin of Humility". ʻO Fray Filipo Lhio, me "Ka Puʻupaʻa a me Keiki ma waena o nā haipule ʻelua." ʻO Piero della Francesca, me ke kiʻi kaulana o "Segismondo Malatesta". Mantegna, me kāna "San Sebastián". ʻO Perugino, me ka "Combat ma waena o ke aloha a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe". ʻO Ghirlandaio, me kekahi o nā hana kaulana loa i ka hale hōʻikeʻike "Portrait o kahi ʻelemakule a me kahi keiki".

A ʻo ka hopena, i waena o nā mea pena ʻē aʻe, kū i waho nā hana a Leonardo da Vinci, ʻo ka mea i kaulana ʻo "La Gioconda". ʻO kāna mau hana nui ʻē aʻe: "The Virgin of the Rocks" ʻo ia kāna kiʻi pena nui mua loa o kona wā Milan. ʻO kaʻaila ma ka pā i kau ʻia e ka semicircle, kahi e hōʻike ai i ka wahine puʻupaʻa me ke Keiki ʻo Iesū, i ka manawa e hele ai ʻo ia e kiʻi i ka Saint John liʻiliʻi, i pale ʻia i loko o kahi grotto a pale ʻia e ka ʻānela.

"La Bella Ferronière", kekahi o nā kiʻi nani loa o ka mea pena. Hōʻike ʻia ka wahine i loko o ka pahu ʻekolu hapahā ma kahi kāʻei kua pōʻeleʻele.

"Santa Ana, ka Puʻupaʻa a me ke Keiki". ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike ana i ka wahine puʻupaʻa e noho ana ma nā kuli o kona makuahine, ʻo Santa Ana, e hoʻāʻo nei, e kīkoʻo nei i kona mau lima, e hoʻokaʻawale iā Iesū mai ke keiki hipa e hōʻike ana i ka make. Hana ʻia kēia hanana i kahi ʻāina palena ʻole, me ke kua o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe a me kekahi mau lāʻau ma ka ʻākau o ka pena.