Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Legend of Saint Francis [fresco cycle]
Alternate Title:
Legend of Saint Francis
Image View:
Scene VI, Dream of Innocent III (right panel)
Creator:
attributed to Giotto (Italian artist, ca. 1266-1337); attributed to Saint Cecilia Master (Italian artist, active ca. 1290-1320)
Location:
site: Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Assisi, Umbria, Italy)
Location Note:
Upper Church nave
GPS:
43.074722 12.605556
Date:
ca. 1291-1307 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
cycles or series; saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
Description:
The most controversial question about Giotto is whether or not he painted, as first stated by Vasari, the 28 scenes of the Legend of St. Francis running around the two sides and one end of the Upper Church of S Francesco, Assisi. Scholarship is divided into two camps. As a compromise, the supporters for Giotto’s authorship of the St. Francis cycle have proposed that most of the cycle is by Giotto’s assistants to his design. There is wide agreement to attribute the last three scenes (XXVI–XXVIII), and probably scene I as well, to a distinct artist, frequently identified as the Saint Cecilia Master. The date is in dispute as well, with a range argued between 1291 and 1307. Other hands attributed include the Master of Legend of St. Francis, the Isaac Painter, and the Master of the Obsequies of St. Francis. All four may have been artists from Rome, not affiliated with Giotto. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Image Description:
Pope Innocent III, sleeping at right, dreams of Francis holding up the falling church.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-GIOTTO-SF-6-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Legend of Saint Francis [fresco cycle]