Title: Margherita of Cortona and the Lorenzetti
First published: 1999
Description: Margherita of Cortona and the Lorenzetti is a detailed interdisciplinary study that explores the role of art within the growth of the cult of civic saints in fourteenth-century Italy. It focuses on three versions of the story of Margherita of Cortona (d. 1297) narrated on a panel painting (c. 1300), in her tomb reliefs (c. 1318), and in the extensive fresco cycle that once decorated her burial church and whose design is here attributed to Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. 1335).

These images present an intriguing contrast with the text of Margherita's Legenda, compiled by her Franciscan confessor, which primarily portrays the intensity of her spiritual life, her asceticism, and her visions.
Subjects: Italian Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Medieval, Art, Mural painting and decoration, Italian, Medieval Mural painting and decoration, Lost works of art, Mural painting and decoration
Places: Cortona, Italy
People: Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1285-ca. 1348), Margherita da Cortona, Saint (1247-1297), Pietro Lorenzetti (fl. 1320-1348)
LC classification: ND2757.C68 C36 1999