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The architecture in Giotto's paintings /

This book offers an analysis of Giotto's painted architecture, focusing on issues of structural logic, clarity of composition and its role within the narrative of the painting. Giotto was the first artist since antiquity to feature highly detailed architecture in a primary role in his paintings...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benelli, Francesco
Other Authors: Giotto, 1266?-1337
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Giotto, > 1266?-1337 > Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture in art.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian > Themes, motives.
Mural painting and decoration, Gothic > Italy > Themes, motives.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Assisi cycle of The legend
  • The architecture in the Chapel of Enrico Scrovegni in Padua
  • The Peruzzi and Bardi chapels in Santa Croce in Florence
  • The lower church of Assisi
  • Giotto's legacy in the lower church of San Francisco in Assisi
  • Excursus: Giotto's legacy at Santa Croce in Florence
  • Conclusion.