Cooper, Donal, author.

The Making of Assisi : the Pope, the Franciscans and the Painting of the Basilica / Donal Cooper and Janet Robson.

©2013
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

xi, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm

"For a brief moment at the close of the 13th century, the town of Assisi was the focus for the two greatest powers in the Latin Church: the Roman papacy and the Franciscan Order. The election in 1288 of Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pope, was the catalyst for the creation of frescoes of unprecedented intellectual ambition in the Basilica of San Francesco. At the heart of the new decorative scheme were twenty-eight scenes depicting the life of Saint Francis. Putting to one side the long debate about whether the Saint Francis cycle was or was not painted by Giotto, The Making of Assisi takes a fresh approach and treats the cycle as part of a larger, integrated, and far-reaching program of renewal at the Basilica. ... Donal Cooper and Janet Robson investigate the particular historical moment in which the frescoes were made, casting new light on their patronage and iconography"-- Publisher's website.

9780300195712 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300195710 (cl ; alk. paper)

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 Art.
Franciscus Assisias
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
Nikolaus IV. Papst 1227-1292
Nicolas IV (pape)
François (d'Assise ; saint)
San Francesco (Church : Assisi, Italy)
Franziskaner
Franciscan mural painting and decoration Italy Assisi History To 1500.
Art patronage Italy Assisi History To 1500.
Art patronage
Franciscan mural painting and decoration
Mäzenatentum
Wandmalerei
Muurschilderingen.
Muralmåleri.
Italy Assisi
San Francesco
Assise (Italie) Basilica di San Francesco.
Italien Assisi.

works of art.
Art
History
Œuvres d'art.

Robson, Janet, 1959-2018, author.

Location: Library main 284303
Call No.: BIB 223042
Status: Available