In the context of this artwork, discuss the Stigmatisation of the Description.
The work has a rectangular shape in the lower part, ending with a triangular cusp, and has a gold ground. It depicts St. Francis receiving the stigmata during his prayer on Mount Alverno from a flying Christ who appears to him as a seraphim. The latter's wounds emit light rays which strike Francis' body. The background is a mix of newer and old elements, the latter including the very generic mountains and the lack of proportions in the landscape elements. The chapels in the mount show the attempt to draw them according to geometrical perspective. Francis' face is characterized by a strong use of chiaroscuro.
The scene was innovative as it abandoned the Italo-Byzantine tradition of inexpressive figures as the center of paintings in favor of a moment of action as the principal subject (compare the works of Bonaventura Berlinghieri and the Master of San Francesco Bardi, or Giotto's own Badia Polyptych).
At the left and right corners, the heraldry of the Ughi or Cinquini family is visible.
gold ground Bonaventura Berlinghieri geometrical perspective Italo-Byzantine Mount Alverno Badia Polyptych chiaroscuro San Francesco Giotto seraphim