Biggest is Thomas Craven’s A Treasury of Art Masterpieces,* a portable gallery of 144 color reproductions ranging from Giotto to Grant Wood. Most aggressive is Peyton Boswell Jr.’s Modern ...
This book offers an analysis of Giotto's painted architecture, focusing on issues of structural logic, clarity of composition, and its role within the narrative of the painting. Giotto was the first ...
While Giotto gets more credit, these four also transformed painting in Italy, creating moving renditions of biblical stories ...
The author also asks fundamental questions that define the chapel's place in Western art history. Why did Giotto choose an ancient Roman architectural frame for his vision of Salvation? What is the ...