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Original fileOddi Altarpiece
Oddi Altarpiecelabel QS:Lit,"Pala degli Oddi"label QS:Lfr,"Retable Oddi"label QS:Lpt,"A Coroação de Maria"label QS:Lsl,"Oddijev oltar"label QS:Lhy,"Օդիի զոհարան"label QS:Lar,"مذبح أودي"label QS:Ltr,"Oddi Altar"label QS:Lja,"聖母戴冠 (ラファエロ)"label QS:Lru,"Алтарь Одди"label QS:Lml,"ഓഡി അൾത്താർപീസ് (റാഫേൽ)"label QS:Lsv,"Jungfru Marie kröning"label QS:Lpl,"Ołtarz Oddich"label QS:Luk,"Вівтар Одді"label QS:Lnl,"Oddi Altarpiece"label QS:Les,"Retablo Oddi"label QS:Lsk,"Korunovanie Panny Márie"label QS:Laz,"Oddi Altarı"label QS:Lth,"ฉากประดับแท่นบูชาออดดี"label QS:Len,"Oddi Altarpiece"label QS:Leo,"Oddi Altaro"label QS:Lel,"Η Στέψη της Παναγίας"label QS:Lcs,"Korunování Panny Marie"
About This Work
The composition is divided into a heavenly upper register where Mary and Christ sit on clouds surrounded by music-playing angels, and an earthly lower register. In the center of the lower group, Saint Thomas holds the 'Sacred Girdle' while looking up at the miracle. White lilies and red roses bloom from the open stone sarcophagus, symbols of the Virgin's purity and the Passion.
The vertical arrangement illustrates the hierarchical relationship between the terrestrial and celestial spheres, a key theme in both Christian theology and Renaissance Neoplatonism. The inclusion of an angelic orchestra further reflects the 'music of the spheres,' where divine order is expressed through musical harmony.