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Art Notes: The Last Supper by Ghirlandaio

he artist known as ‘Ghirlandaio’ is properly called Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi, born in Florence in 1449 in the midst of the great century of Florentine artists. His father had a jewellery business and Domenico, as far as we know, began working for his father as a goldsmith. His nickname of Ghirlandaio, meaning the "Garland- maker", came from his or his father’s speciality, namely, the making of silver or gold garlands favoured by the young women of Florence.

Some sources speak of the young Ghirlandaio drawing portraits of the people who passed by his father’s shop. He became apprenticed to a Florentine painter and soon made a name for himself, later taking two of his brothers into his own studio. He was called to Rome to work on the Sistine chapel along with Perugino, a commission which further enhanced his reputation. Ghirlandaio married and had children but died of a fever at the early age of 45 in 1494.

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Caroline Farey divides her time between teaching catechetics and philosophy. She was the Director of the BA in Applied Theology for Catechesis at the Maryvale Institute in England, and is Lecturer in Philosophy at St Mary's College, Oscott, the Seminary for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, where she teaches Metaphysics, Epistemology, and St Thomas Aquinas. She is a regular contributor to The Sower, writing the "Learning Through Art" column and sees The Sower as a key means of ensuring a creative ongoing formation for DREs and key catechists. Her degrees included a MA in Theology and a Licence in Philosophy from the Pontifical University, Maynooth, as well as an S.T.L from the Pontifical University Louvain, and a doctorate from Lateran University in Rome. She was also contributing editor to The Pedagogy of God.

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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