Giotto / Francesca Flores d'Arcais

Training and Early Works -- The Franciscan Cycle in Assisi -- From Assisi to Padua -- Padua -- The "Spacious" Giotto -- Work for the Florentine Bankers -- Color -- Late Florentine Activity -- Giotto and the Noble Courts -- Giotto the Architect -- App. Documentary Records -- App. Chronology -- App. The Upper Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi: Key to the Frescoes -- App. The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua: Key to the Frescoes.

Professor Francesca Flores d'Arcais's chronological survey of Giotto's life and work incorporates an impressive range of sources, from fourteenth-century Latin and Italian documents to the most recent art-historical investigations. Her international research leads her to important re-attributions of Giottesque paintings and to new insights regarding the execution and dating of famous and less well-known works. The engaging text is illustrated by hundreds of oversize, superbly reproduced photographs - some on double gatefold pages. The illustrations are drawn from new photography of Giotto's paintings, many of which have been recently restored to their original brilliance

Translated from the Italian to English