Giotto's Arena Chapel and the Triumph of Humility

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-316-51104-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 1224 g

In this book, Henrike Lange takes the reader on a tour through one of the most beloved and celebrated monuments in the world – Giotto's Arena Chapel. Paying close attention to previously overlooked details, Lange offers an entirely new reading of the stunning frescoes in their spatial configuration. 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 role of painted reliefs in the representation of personal integrity, passion, and the human struggle between pride and humility familiar from Dante's Divine Comedy? How can a new interpretation regarding the influence of ancient reliefs and architecture inform the famous “Assisi controversy” and cast new light on the debate around Giotto's authorship of the Saint Francis cycle? Illustrated with almost 200 color plates, this volume invites scholars and students to rediscover a key monument of art and architecture history and to see it with new eyes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lange, Henrike Christiane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Venetian dream of Rome and Jerusalem; 2. 1300: the moment of the Jubilee in Rome and in Padua; 3. The powers that were Scrovegni, Dalesmanini, Frangipani; 4. Giotto's painted reliefs; 5. Triumph and apotheosis from Augustine to Dante; Epilogue: Relief, triumph, transcendence.

Über Autor(innen)

Lange, Henrike Christiane
Henrike Christiane Lange is Associate Professor in History of Art and Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Lange completed her Magister Artium at Universität Hamburg, Germany, before earning her PhD at Yale University. The present book is the culmination of two decades of research at sites, archives, and collections across Europe.