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Giotto's O : narrative, figuration, and pictorial ingenuity in the Arena Chapel / Andrew Ladis.
Fine Arts Library ND623.G6 L33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ladis, Andrew, 1949-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Giotto, 1266?-1337--Criticism and interpretation.
- Giotto.
- Giotto, 1266?-1337.
- Mural painting and decoration, Gothic--Italy--Padua.
- Mural painting and decoration, Gothic.
- Bible. New Testament--Illustrations.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Italy--Padua.
- Cappella degli Scrovegni nell'Arena (Padua, Italy).
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Giotto's circle
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- "A discussion of the murals by Giotto in the Arena Chapel of Padua, Italy. The artist's work is considered in terms of its relationship to the structure of the poetry of Dante, biblical exegesis, geometry, and symmetry"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Giotto's O
- The highest thing
- That obscure object of desire
- Phantom presences
- The rhetoric of wonder
- Things and time
- Conclusion: full circle.
- Notes:
- Includes two folded leaves of col. plates of the Arena Chapel interior, north and south walls.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271034072
- 0271034076
- OCLC:
- 193911240
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