Overall view, left wall; top, St. Francis Renounces His Father, middle, Appearance at Arles, bottom, Death and Ascension of St. Francis
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Overall view, left wall; top, St. Francis Renounces His Father, middle, Appearance at Arles, bottom, Death and Ascension of St. Francis
Image View
Creator:
Giotto (Italian painter, ca. 1266-1337)
Agent_Display
Giotto (Italian painter, ca. 1266-1337)
Creator
Location:
repository: Santa Croce (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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repository: Santa Croce (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location
Location Note:
Piazza Santa Croce
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza Santa Croce
Location Note
GPS:
43.768417 11.262722
GPS
43.768417 11.262722
GPS
Date:
1325-1328 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1325-1328 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Style Period
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Work_Worktype1
fresco (painting)
Work Type 1
Classification:
Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Work_MaterialDisplay
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Material
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Work_Technique
fresco painting (technique)
Technique
Subjects:
saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226; Franciscans
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
saints; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226; Franciscans
Subjects
Description:
The Bardi Chapel depicts the life of St. Francis, following a similar iconography to the frescoes in the Upper Church at Assisi, dating from 20 to 30 years earlier. A comparison shows the greater attention given by Giotto to expression in the human figures and the simpler, better-integrated architectural forms. Giotto represents only seven scenes from the saint's life, and the narrative is arranged somewhat unusually. The story starts on the upper left wall with St. Francis Renounces his Father. It continues across the chapel to the upper right wall with the Approval of the Franciscan Rule, moves down the right wall to the Trial by Fire, across the chapel again to the left wall for the Appearance at Arles, down the left wall to the Death of St. Francis, and across once more to the posthumous Visions of Fra Agostino and the Bishop of Assisi. The Stigmatization of St. Francis, which chronologically belongs between the Appearance at Arles and the Death, is located outside the chapel, above the entrance arch. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
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The Bardi Chapel depicts the life of St. Francis, following a similar iconography to the frescoes in the Upper Church at Assisi, dating from 20 to 30 years earlier. A comparison shows the greater attention given by Giotto to expression in the human figures and the simpler, better-integrated architectural forms. Giotto represents only seven scenes from the saint's life, and the narrative is arranged somewhat unusually. The story starts on the upper left wall with St. Francis Renounces his Father. It continues across the chapel to the upper right wall with the Approval of the Franciscan Rule, moves down the right wall to the Trial by Fire, across the chapel again to the left wall for the Appearance at Arles, down the left wall to the Death of St. Francis, and across once more to the posthumous Visions of Fra Agostino and the Bishop of Assisi. The Stigmatization of St. Francis, which chronologically belongs between the Appearance at Arles and the Death, is located outside the chapel, above the entrance arch. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)