GIOTTO di Bondone (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) Legend of St Francis: 23. St. Francis Mourned by St. Clare 1300 Fresco, 270 x 230 cm Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi This is the twenty-third of the twenty-eight scenes (twenty-five of which were painted by Giotto) of Legend of Saint Francis. Giotto's authorship of some parts of the last scenes is often questioned, and in the case of those in the last bay (after No. 25, usually attributed to the St Cecilia Master) denied completely. No one can deny the greatness of certain parts of the frescoes in the second bay of th
GIOTTO di Bondone (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) Legend of St Francis: 23. St. Francis Mourned by St. Clare 1300 Fresco, 270 x 230 cm Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi This is the twenty-third of the twenty-eight scenes (twenty-five of which were painted by Giotto) of Legend of Saint Francis. Giotto's authorship of some parts of the last scenes is often questioned, and in the case of those in the last bay (after No. 25, usually attributed to the St Cecilia Master) denied completely. No one can deny the greatness of certain parts of the frescoes in the second bay of the left wall. In St Francis Mourned by St Clare, in a better state of preservation han the others, the facade of an Italian Gothic church is shown in the background, one of the first representations of its kind, decorated not only with marble and Cosmati work, but also with sculpture in high relief. *** Keywords: ************* Author: GIOTTO di Bondone Title: Legend of St Francis: 23. St. Francis Mourned by St. Clare Time-line: 1301-1350 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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