Main entry:

Lunghi, Elvio.

Title & Author:

The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi / Elvio Lunghi ; [translated by Christopher Evans].

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Scala/Riverside, ©1996.

Description:

191 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
Brother Francis -- The construction of the church -- The first painted images -- The fresco decoration of the lower church -- The stained-glass windows of the upper church -- The beginning of the pictorial decoration of the upper church -- Cimabue ar Assisi -- The first alterations in the lower church -- The nave of the upper church -- The frescoes of the legend of Francis -- The construction of the chapels in the lower church -- The decoration of the chapel of St. Nicholas -- The new decorative program of the lower church -- Giotto in the scenes from Christ's childhood and the vaulting cells -- Pietro Lorenzetti in the scenes of the passion -- Giotto in the chapel of the Magdalen -- Simone Martini in the chapel of St. Martin -- The decline of Assisi.

ISBN:

1878351516 (pbk.)
9781878351517 (pbk.)

Subject:

Giotto, 1266?-1337 Criticism and interpretation.
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 Art.
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
Giotto, 1266?-1337
San Francesco (Church : Assisi, Italy)
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance Italy Assisi.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian Italy Assisi.
Church decoration and ornament Italy Assisi.
Églises Décoration et ornement Italie Assise.
Buildings
Church decoration and ornament
Mural painting and decoration, Italian
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance
Assisi (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Assisi

Form/genre:

Frescoes (paintings)
works of art.
Art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203846
Call No.: NA5621.A84 L96 1996
Status: Available