Giotto’s Life of Saint Francis fresco cycle

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Giotto’s Life of Saint Francis fresco cycle is a renowned series of late 13th-century wall paintings narrating the life and miracles of Saint Francis, celebrated as a landmark in the development of naturalistic Italian Renaissance art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco cycle
religious artwork
wall painting series
artForm mural painting
artisticStyle monumental narrative fresco
naturalism
commissionedBy Franciscan Order
country Italy
creator Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
depicts Saint Francis of Assisi
miracles attributed to Saint Francis
scenes from the biography of Saint Francis
genre Christian religious art
hasPart Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds
The Approval of the Franciscan Rule
The Death of Saint Francis
The Dream of Innocent III
The Renunciation of Worldly Goods
The Stigmatization of Saint Francis
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites)
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Trecento Italian art
linked to: Italian Trecento
inception late 13th century
influenced Fra Angelico
Masaccio
Piero della Francesca
early Italian Renaissance painters
influencedBy Italo-Byzantine painting tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Assisi
Italy
Umbria
location Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
mainSubject life of Saint Francis
miracles of Saint Francis
materialUsed fresco
movement Italian Renaissance art
Proto-Renaissance
notableFor coherent spatial settings
continuous narrative structure
expressive human emotions
three-dimensional modeling of figures
partOf Upper Church decoration of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent development of naturalistic representation in Italian art
subjectOf art historical scholarship

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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi hasArtwork Giotto’s Life of Saint Francis fresco cycle
Upper Basilica notableWork Giotto’s frescoes of the Life of Saint Francis
linked to: Giotto’s Life of Saint Francis fresco cycle
stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi representedInWork Giotto’s frescoes in the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
linked to: Giotto’s Life of Saint Francis fresco cycle