Urbs Picta: the Antonian citadel

The itinerary intends to highlight especially some areas of the Basilica related to 14th-century pictorial art and Renaissance sculptural art.
We will dwell on the fourteenth-century pictorial evidence present both inside the Church and in the adjacent Oratory of St. George: places where the Florentine painter Giotto and the so-called "Giottesque painters" Giusto de' Menabuoi and Altichiero da Zevio, still give us richly colored pictorial surfaces; places where the unique, natural and engaging narrative style proposes to our eyes events and deeds of saints and men of faith.
Next to the Oratory of St. George, on the parvis of the Basilica, the Scoletta del Santo, seat of the Archconfraternity of St. Anthony, was built in 1427.
The upper room is 16th-century and is decorated with frescoes by famous painters narrating the miracles of Anthony of Padua. Prominent among them are three masterpieces by Titian Vecellio: "The Miracle of the Newborn Child," "The Miracle of the Jealous Husband...," and that of the "Cut Foot." These works from Titian's youth are deeply striking because of the intensity of the color that is capable of producing a visual emotion that triggers a moral reaction; of this, St. Anthony vouches with the power of his faith and the strength of his miracles.
A small building that contains the great Venetian tonal painting that would become the protagonist of Renaissance art history.

Duration of the tour: 2 hours