Arena Chapel

Arena Chapel also called Scrovegni Chapel is a small chapel built in the first years of the 14th century in Padua,Italy. It was built by enrico Scrovegni and contains frescoes by the Florentine painter Giotto.A "Last Judgment" covers the entire west wall.The rest of the chapel is covered with frescoes in three tiers representing scenes from the lives of Saints Joachim and Anna, the life of the Virgin,the Annunciation, and the life and passion of Christ,concluding with Pentecost.Below the three narrative bands is a fourth containing monochrome personification of the virtues vices.The frescoes were completed in or before 1309,and they are generally dated about 1305-06.