Giotto Masters in Art Part 32 Volume 3

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Title: Masters in Art, Part 32, v. 3, August, 1902: Giotto
A Series of Illustrated Monographs

Author: Anonymous

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MASTERS IN ART

A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS: ISSUED MONTHLY

PART 32
AUGUST, 1902
VOLUME 3

Giotto

CONTENTS

Plate I.
Madonna Enthroned, Academy: Florence

Plate II.
Allegory of Poverty, Lower Church of St. Francis: Assisi

Plate III.
Allegory of Chastity, Lower Church of St. Francis: Assisi

Plate IV.
The Nativity, Arena Chapel: Padua

Plate V.
The Entombment, Arena Chapel: Padua

Plate VI.
The Resurrection, Arena Chapel: Padua

Plate VII.
The Death of St. Francis, Bardi Chapel, Church of S. Croce: Florence

Plate VIII. The Birth of St. John the Baptist, Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce: Florence

Plate IX.
The Feast of Herod, Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce: Florence

Plate X.
The Raising of Drusiana, Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce: Florence

Portrait of Giotto by Paolo Uccello: Louvre, Paris
Page 20

The Life of Giotto
Page 21

Julia Cartwright

The Art of Giotto
Page 27

Criticisms by Vasari, Van Dyke, Colvin, Ruskin,
Symonds, E. H. and E. W. Blashfield, Quilter

The Works of Giotto: Descriptions of the Plates and a List of Paintings
Page 35

Giotto Bibliography
Page 39

Photo-engravings by Folsom & Sunergren: Boston. Press-work by the Everett Press: Boston.

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Plate I: Madonna Enthroned

Giotto

Academy, Florence

Plate II: Allegory of Poverty

Giotto

Lower Church of St. Francis, Assisi

Photography by Alinari

Plate III: Allegory of Chastity

Giotto

Lower Church of St. Francis, Assisi

Photography by Alinari

Plate IV: The Nativity

Giotto

Arena Chapel, Padua
Photography by Raya

Plate V: The Entombment

Giotto

Arena Chapel, Padua
Photography by Raya

Plate VI: The Resurrection

Giotto

Arena Chapel, Padua
Photography by Raya

Plate VII: The Death of St. Francis

Giotto

Bardi Chapel, Church of S. Croce, Florence

Photography by Anderson

Plate VIII: The Birth of St. John the Baptist

Giotto

Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce, Florence

Photography by Anderson

Plate IX: The Feast of Herod

Giotto

Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce, Florence

Photography by Anderson

Plate X: The Raising of Drusiana

Giotto

Peruzzi Chapel, Church of S. Croce, Florence

Photography by Anderson

Portrait of Giotto

Paolo Uccello
Louvre, Paris

This portrait of Giotto was painted in the first half of the fifteenth
century by Paolo Uccello, a Florentine artist. It is a detail of a
picture containing five heads, representing, besides Giotto,
Uccello himself, Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Manetti. Vasari took
the engraving for his biography of Giotto from this likeness, which
was probably based upon some older portrait of the artist. He is
here represented in a red cloak and head covering; and it would
seem that Uccello's brush has somewhat flattered him, for we are
told that he was "singularly ill-favored" in outward appearance.