Giotto's magnificent fresco in Padua is certainly the first influence (along, of course, with Dante) on the Santa Croce fragment, laying the pattern for the sardonic, burlesque treatment of both ...

The entire fresco cycle was redone in the mid-fifteenth century, after a fire that devastated the palace in 1420, completely destroying the vault. photo: other celebrated Giotto frescoes in the ...

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

Restorers note that frescoes in the long-neglected chapel, which had been closed to the public for many years, are signed with the initials "GB" which are believed to represent Giotto di Bondone ...

Nevertheless, the frescos maintain a unity of style and content. They include Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel fresco cycle, considered to have marked the beginning of a revolutionary development in the ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Visitors look at Giotto's frescoes inside St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Visitors look at Giotto's frescoes ...