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Book Review
Quale Francesco? Il messaggio nascosto negli affreschi della Basilica superiore ad Assisi. By Chiara Frugoni
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 915-917
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Reviewer:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
media:
Frescoes
styles:
Early Italian art
subjects:
Franciscans
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
45. St Francis in ecstasy. c. 1288-96. Fresco (Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; photograph Stefan Diller).
Article
Playing with clouds
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 518-520
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Author:
Frugoni, Chiara (Frugoni, Chiara)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
print:
Frescoes
subjects:
Frescoes / Italian painting / Churches / Christian iconography / Francis of Assisi, Saint
subjects:
Clouds
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. St Sebastian, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1460. Tempera on panel, 68 by 30 cm. (Kunst­historisches Museum, Vienna).
Western art unattributed:
6. Detail of Fig.7 showing the face in the cloud. (Copyright Halta Definizione, Novara).
Western art unattributed:
7. The death of St Francis of Assisi. c.1288–92. Fresco. (Upper church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; courtesy of Sacro Convento Assisi).
Article
The patronage and date of the legend of St Francis in the Upper Church of S. Francesco at Assisi
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 663-665
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Author:
Binski, Paul (Binski, Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
patrons:
Colonna family
print:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Francis of Assisi, Saint / Patronage / Iconography
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. St Francis releases the heretic Peter. Here dated 1290–95. Fresco. (Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi).
Article
‘A great sumptuousness of paintings’: frescos and Franciscan poverty at Assisi in 1288 and 1312
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 656-662
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Author:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
Author:
Robson, Janet (Robson, Janet)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
print:
Franciscans
print:
Frescoes
print:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Franciscans / Francis of Assisi, Saint / Attribution / Attributions / Visual sources / Patronage / Theology / Christian iconography
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of the donor figure of Pope Nicholas IV in the Coronation of the Virgin, by Jacopo Torriti. 1292–96. Mosaic. (S. Maria Maggiore, Rome). Photograph: Scala, Florence/Art Resource, New York.
Attributed works:
3. Detail of friars at the foot of the cross in the Crucifixion, by Giotto and workshop. c.1305–12. Fresco. (North transept, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi).
Western art unattributed:
2. Nave of the Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Frescoed c.1288–97. Photograph: Franco Cosimo Panini Editore; copyright: Management Fratelli Alinari, Florence.
Book Review
Giotto e Pietro Cavallini. La questione di Assisi e il cantiere medievale della pittura a fresco.
11/2004 | 1220 | 146
Pages: 764
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Reviewer:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto / Cavallini, Pietro
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
places:
Italy / Assisi
print:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Reviewed Items
works:
Giotto e Pietro Cavallini. La questione di Assisi e il cantiere medievale della pittura a fresco. | author: Zanardi, B.
Book Review
Il Cantiere di Giotto. Le Storie di San Francesco ad Assisi
04/1998 | 1141 | 140
Pages: 269-270
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Reviewer:
Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
places:
Italy / Assisi
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Attributions
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint / Franciscans / Iconography
works:
Giotto / Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Reviewed Items
works:
Il Cantiere di Giotto. Le Storie di San Francesco ad Assisi | author: Zanardi, B.
Book Review
The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto: A Study of the Legend of St Francis in the Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
03/1973 | 840 | 115
Pages: 183-184
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Reviewer:
Robinson, Duncan (Robinson, Duncan)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
places:
Italy / Assisi
subjects:
Italian painting / Medieval / Attributions
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint / Iconography
works:
Giotto / Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto: A Study of the Legend of St Francis in the Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi | author: Smart, Alastair
Book Review
Giotto and Assisi
12/1960 | 693 | 102
Pages: 540-541
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Reviewer:
Smart, Alastair (Smart, Alastair; Smart, Alistair)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
artists:
Giuliano da Rimini
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
places:
Italy / Assisi
subjects:
Italian painting / Medieval / Attributions
works:
Giotto / Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Reviewed Items
works:
Giotto and Assisi | author: Meiss, Millard
Book Review
Pictorial Space
12/1958 | 669 | 100
Pages: 444-447
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Reviewer:
Carter, B. A. R. (Carter, B. A. R.)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
artists:
Isaac Master
artists:
Brunelleschi, Filippo
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
artists:
Masaccio
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1300-1599
places:
Italy
subjects:
Space (form and composition concept) / Art theory / Perspective
subjects:
Italian painting
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space | author: White, John , author: White, John
Article
Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
09/1939 | 438 | 75
Pages: 96+100-103+106-109+113
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Author:
Offner, Richard (Offner, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299
places:
Italy / Assisi / Florence / Padua
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Attributions
subjects:
Formal analysis / Composition (artistic arrangement)
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint
works:
Giotto / Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. A-Detail of the Fresco St. Francis Renounces His Father. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate I. B-Joachim Returns to His Fold, by Giotto. (Arena Chapel, Padua). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate II. A-Detail of The Baptism of Christ, by Giotto. (Arena Chapel, Padua). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate II. B-Detail of The Miracle at Greccio (Plate III, A). Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate II. C-Detail of The Resurrection of Lazarus, by Giotto. (Arena Chapel, Padua). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate II. D-Detail of St. Francis Preaching before Honorius. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate III. A-The Miracle at Greccio. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate III. B-The Mourning of the Clares. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate IV. A-The Miracle of the Spring. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
Attributed works:
Plate IV. B-St. Francis and the Beggar. Here Ascribed to a Master of the Roman School. (Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi). Giotto, Non-Giotto-II
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