Giotto: What the United States Can Learn from the Canadian Experience - Hardcover

Flores D'Arcais, G.B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558597743 ISBN 13: 9781558597747

Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Giotto (1266-1337) is considered one of the founders of modern painting, having broken away from the rigid, stereotyped figures of Byzantine and medieval art to give his characters natural expression and solid three-dimensionality. D'Arcais leads readers on a chronological survey of Giotto's life and works. Features hundreds of colorful reproductions of his paintings.

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Review:

A magnificent book.” Publishers Weekly

Giotto receives his due in what will be the standard book on his work for years to come.” Booklist

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1558597743
• ISBN 13: 9781558597747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384