Giotto
/ Francesca Flores d'Arcais
- New York : Abbeville Publishers , 1995
- 383 p. : illus. ; 34 cm
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