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Julian Gardner
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Published
May 2011
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Julian Gardner
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Published
May 2011
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This probing analysis of three works by Giotto and the patrons who commissioned them goes far beyond the cliches of Giotto as the founding figure of Western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers, illuminating the complex interplay between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty. Political strife and religious faction lacerated fourteenth-century Italy. Giotto's commissions are best understood against the background of this social turmoil. They reflected the demands of his patrons, the requirements of the Franciscan Order, and the restlessly inventive genius of the painter. Julian Gardner examines this important period of Giotto's path-breaking career through works originally created for Franciscan churches: Stigmatization of Saint Francis from San Francesco at Pisa, now in the Louvre, the Bardi Chapel cycle of the Life of St. Francis in Santa Croce at Florence, and the frescoes of the crossing vault above the tomb of Saint Francis in the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi.
These murals were executed during a twenty-year period when internal tensions divided the friars themselves and when the Order was confronted by a radical change of papal policy toward its defining vow of poverty. The Order had amassed great wealth and built ostentatious churches, alienating many Franciscans in the process and incurring the hostility of other Orders. Many elements in Giotto's frescoes, including references to St. Peter, Florentine politics, and church architecture, were included to satisfy patrons, redefine the figure of Francis, and celebrate the dominant group within the Franciscan brotherhood.
Author
Julian Gardner
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Published
May 2011
Weight
436g
Page Count
256
Dimensions
142 x 210 x 23 mm
ISBN
9780674050808
ISBN-10
0674050800
Eden Code
4577747
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Author/Creator: Julian Gardner
ISBN: 9780674050808
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: May 2011
Weight: 436g
Dimensions: 142 x 210 x 23 mm
Eden Code: 4577747