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An Islamic tent in S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 80–95
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Gigante, Federica (Gigante, Federica)
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17. Detail of the Birth of the Virgin, by Pietro Lorenzetti. c.1342. Fresco. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena).
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26. Madonna in Majesty (Rucellai Madonna), by Duccio di Buoninsegna. c.1285. Tempera on wood, 450 by 290 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Photo Scala, Florence; courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali e del Turismo).
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3. Right wall of the apse, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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4. Vision of Pope Gregory IX, by Giotto. c.1297–99. Fresco, 270 by 230 cm. (Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Top of an Ottoman period tent. (From N. Atasoy: Otağ-ı Hümayun: The Ottoman Imperial Tent Complex, Istanbul 2000, p.156).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Detail of the Camp of Baybars I al-Bunduqdārī, from the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Spain. c.1280–84. Ink and colour on parchment. (El Escorial, MS T-1-1, fol.222r).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Detail of the mantle of Roger II. Sicily, 12th century. Silk, gold, pearl and enamel. (Imperial Treasury, Vienna).
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24. The Persian ambassador presenting Sultan Murad III a tent as a gift. 16th century. Illumination on parchment. (Istanbul University Library, MS FY 1404 Istanbul, fol.43b).
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1. Interior of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (© Gabriele Croppi; Scala, Florence).
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10. Detail of the apse fresco showing the painted bejewelled border of the tent roof and two birds, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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11. Detail of the apse fresco showing the roundel decoration and interstices of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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12. Detail of the apse fresco showing the fringe at the top of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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13. Vault of the right-hand chapel showing a portion of the original starry sky, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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14. Detail of the apse fresco showing a section of blue ceiling with stars, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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15. Apse mosaic, S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome. (Bridgeman Images).
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16. Reconstruction of the apse decoration of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Drawing by Federico Botana).
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18. Pillow cover of María de Almenar. c.1200. Silk and gold thread, 37 by 66 cm. (Museo de Telas Medievales, Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Huelgas, Burgos).
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19. Detail of the top border of the hanging textile fresco with pseudo-Naskh calligraphy, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
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2. Left wall of the apse, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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20. Detail of the hanging textile fresco showing the roundel decoration of the painted textile, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
25. Detail of the Assumption of the Virgin, apse of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
27. Textile pattern decoration of the Bardi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence. c.1285. Fresco. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. Fragment of the burial tunic of Don Felipe. Spain, 2nd half of the 13th century. Silk, linen and metal-wrapped thread. (Villalcazar de Sirga, Palencia).
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6. Fresco from the first decorative phase of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara, showing a painted textile in the left chapel. (Photograph the author).
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7. Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. Early 14th century. (Mondadori Portfolio; Electa; Antonio Quattrone; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of the apse fresco showing the lower part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of the apse fresco showing the top part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Obituary
Chiara Frugoni (1940–2022)
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 949-950
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Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
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Detail of The death of St Francis by Giotto and his workshop, showing faces in the clouds. 1297–99. Fresco, 270 by 230 cm. (Upper Church, S. Francesco, Assisi; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Cimabue and the Franciscans
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 627-628
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Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
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Cimabue and the Franciscans By Holly Flora. 287 pp. incl. 192 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, Turnhout, 2018), £119. ISBN 978–1–912554–01–0. | :
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3. Detail from Christ enthroned with the Virgin and St John, by Cimabue. 1301–02. Mosaic. (Pisa Cathedral).
Obituary
Janet Robson (1959–2018)
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 265-266
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Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
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1. Janet Robson at ‘La Capriola’, her house outside Assisi, in 2013. The Making of Assisi had recently been published by Yale University Press. (Photograph Peter Sidhom).
Article
Dating the windows by the Maestro di S. Francesco in Assisi
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 470-477
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Author:
Renner, John (Renner, John )
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1. Details of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. Here dated to c.1260–65. Stained glass. (North side of nave, Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; Photograph P. Gerhard Ruf).
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2. St Francis renouncing his worldly goods, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. c.1265. Fresco. (South wall of nave, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Photograph S. Diller).
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3. Healing of Bartholomew of Narni, detail of St Francis and four posthumous miracles, by the Maestro del Tesoro. c.1253. Tempera and gold on wood. (Museo del Tesoro, Sacro Convento, Assisi; Photograph P. Gerhard Ruf ).
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4. Detail of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop (as Fig.1 above).
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5. The dream of Pope Innocent III, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. Fresco. (South wall of nave, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; Photograph S. Diller).
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6. Crucifix with St Francis at Christ’s feet, by the Maestro di S. Francesco. 1272. Tempera and gold on wood, 489 by 352 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia; © Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria).
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7. Detail of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop, with nineteenth-century restorations (as Fig.1 above).
Article
Reconstructing Taddeo di Bartolo’s Perugia altarpiece
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 10-21
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Solberg, Gail E. (Solberg, Gail E.)
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1. Reconstruction of the St Francis (choir) side of Taddeo di Bartolo’s heptaptych for S. Francesco al Prato, Perugia. 1403. Left to right: Sts Herculanus, Anthony of Padua, Peter, Francis, Paul, Costantius and Louis of Toulouse. (Drawing by Dóra Sallay and Gergely Buzás).
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10. Annunciation (fragment), by Taddeo di Bartolo. c.1400–05. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).
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11. Schematic diagram of the panel for Taddeo di Bartolo's St Mary Magdalene and a narrative scene below with indications of the equidistant dowel holes. The diagram reconstructs the arched top of the picture field and the unevenly trimmed sides.
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12. Hypothetical reconstruction of the narrative sequences for both sides of Taddeo di Bartolo's Perugia heptaptych. Top, nave or Virgin side: (a and b) two missing scenes (the Renunciation of worldly goods? and the Death of the Knight of Celano?); (c) the Preaching to the birds; (d) missing central scene; (e) the Miraculous mass at Greccio; (f) the Miracle of the source; (g) missing final scene. Bottom, choir or St Francis side: (g’) missing scene (the Crucifix of S. Damiano or the Dream of Innocent III?); (f’) the Approval of the rule; (e’) the Vision of the fiery chariot; (d’) missing central scene; (c’) the Trial by fire; (b’) the Miracle at Arles; (a’) missing final scene (the Verification of the Stigmata?).
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13. St Francis preaching to the birds, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Landesgalerie, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).
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14. Miraculous mass at Greccio by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Landesgalerie, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).
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15. Trial by fire, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Landesgalerie, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).
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16. Crucifix with St Francis at Christ’s feet, by the Master of St Francis. 1272. (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia).
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17. Assumption of the Virgin triptych by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1401. (Cathedral, Montepulciano).
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18. The reverses of the panels from the nave side of Taddeo di Bartolo’s heptaptych for S. Francesco al Prato, Perugia. 1403. (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia).
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19. St Sebastian, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403? (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples).
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2. Reconstruction of the Virgin and Child (nave) side of Taddeo di Bartolo’s heptaptych for S. Francesco al Prato, Perugia. 1403. Left to right: Sts Clare, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin, Catherine of Alexandria, John the Evangelist and Elizabeth of Hungary. (Drawing by Dóra Sallay and Gergely Buzás).
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3. St Francis in glory, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia).
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4. St Elizabeth of Hungary, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Museo del Tesoro, Perkins Collection, Assisi).
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5. St Clare, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Museo diocesano, Gubbio).
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6. Christ blessing by Taddeo di Bartolo.1403. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT).
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7. Christ displaying his wounds, by Taddeo di Bartolo. 1403. (Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia).
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8. St Stephen, by Taddeo di Bartolo. c.1400–05. (Private collection, Germany).
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9. Detail of the bottom edge of Fig.8.
Publication Received
The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi. Edited by Gianfranco Malafarina.
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 423
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Reviewer:
Cooper, Donal (Cooper, Donal)
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Book Review
The Making of Assisi. The Pope, the Franciscans and the Painting of the Basilica, D. Cooper and J. Robson
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 395-396
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Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
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62. Death of the Knight of Celano, by Giotto (Upper Church, S. Francesco, Assisi)
Book Review
Giotto and his Publics: Three Paradigms of Patronage
12/2012 | 1317 | 154
Pages: 848
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Osborne, John (Osborne, John)
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Article
Playing with clouds
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 518-520
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Author:
Frugoni, Chiara (Frugoni, Chiara)
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8. St Sebastian, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1460. Tempera on panel, 68 by 30 cm. (Kunst­historisches Museum, Vienna).
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6. Detail of Fig.7 showing the face in the cloud. (Copyright Halta Definizione, Novara).
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7. The death of St Francis of Assisi. c.1288–92. Fresco. (Upper church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; courtesy of Sacro Convento Assisi).
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