Giotto and His Publics : Three Paradigms of Patronage.
Gardner, Julian.
Giotto and His Publics : Three Paradigms of Patronage. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Series . - Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Giotto at Pisa: The Stigmatization for San Francesco -- Chapter 2. Giotto among the Money-Changers: The Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce -- Chapter 3. The Lull before the Storm: The Vele in the Lower Church at Assisi -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Inscriptions of the Vele -- Chronology -- Notes -- Index.
This probing analysis of three of Giotto's major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the clichés of Giotto as the founding figure of Western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty.
9780674060975
Giotto,-1266?-1337-Criticism and interpretation.
Francis,-of Assisi, Saint,-1182-1226-Art.
Art patronage-Italy-History-To 1500.
Electronic books.
ND623
759.5
Giotto and His Publics : Three Paradigms of Patronage. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Series . - Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Giotto at Pisa: The Stigmatization for San Francesco -- Chapter 2. Giotto among the Money-Changers: The Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce -- Chapter 3. The Lull before the Storm: The Vele in the Lower Church at Assisi -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Inscriptions of the Vele -- Chronology -- Notes -- Index.
This probing analysis of three of Giotto's major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the clichés of Giotto as the founding figure of Western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty.
9780674060975
Giotto,-1266?-1337-Criticism and interpretation.
Francis,-of Assisi, Saint,-1182-1226-Art.
Art patronage-Italy-History-To 1500.
Electronic books.
ND623
759.5