giotto

Deals with the works of the artist Giotto, contrasting the hieratic mood of his predecessors with his innovations. Shows the major cycles of his frescoes, including those at the Upper and Lower Church of San Francesco, Assisi, the Scrovegni family Arena Chapel in Padua, and St. Croce in Florence.

Photographs and illustrations profile the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy and show what the Basilica looked like before it was destroyed in an earthquake on September 26, 1997.

Assembles 100 paintings that stand out in the history of art because they transcended boundaries to show that which had never been seen before. Texts explain the backgrounds and special aspects of each work as well as its ranking in the canon of art history.

Colorful illustrations and text tell a story about the fourteenth-century Italian painter Giotto di Bondone and his famous fresco "Nativity.".

Discusses the life and work of Giotto, considered the most important Italian artist of the fourteenth century.

A lavishly illustrated account of the life, career and works of Giotto, often "regarded as the grandfather of Italian painting".