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‘A great sumptuousness of paintings’: frescos and Franciscan poverty at Assisi in 1288 and 1312
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 656-662
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Author:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
Author:
Robson, Janet (Robson, Janet)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
print:
Franciscans
print:
Frescoes
print:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Franciscans / Francis of Assisi, Saint / Attribution / Attributions / Visual sources / Patronage / Theology / Christian iconography
works:
Legend of Saint Francis (Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of the donor figure of Pope Nicholas IV in the Coronation of the Virgin, by Jacopo Torriti. 1292–96. Mosaic. (S. Maria Maggiore, Rome). Photograph: Scala, Florence/Art Resource, New York.
Attributed works:
3. Detail of friars at the foot of the cross in the Crucifixion, by Giotto and workshop. c.1305–12. Fresco. (North transept, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi).
Western art unattributed:
2. Nave of the Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Frescoed c.1288–97. Photograph: Franco Cosimo Panini Editore; copyright: Management Fratelli Alinari, Florence.