Giotto's O
Subtitle: narrative, figuration, and pictorial ingenuity in the Arena Chapel
By: Andrew Ladis.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780271034072
Subjects: Giotto, -- 1266?-1337 -- Criticism and interpretation; Cappella degli Scrovegni nell'Arena (Padua, Italy); Bible. -- N.T. -- Illustrations; Mural painting and decoration, Gothic -- Italy -- Padua
Other titles: Giotto's circle
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Giotto's O; title: 1. The highest thing; title: 2. That obscure object of desire; title: 3. Phantom presences; title: 4. The rhetoric of wonder; title: 5. Things and time; title: Conclusion: full circle.