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Giotto's O : narrative, figuration, and pictorial ingenuity in the Arena Chapel
- Title
- Giotto's O : narrative, figuration, and pictorial ingenuity in the Arena Chapel / Andrew Ladis.
- Author
- Ladis, Andrew, 1949-
- Publication
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 09-1413 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 211 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.
- Summary
- "A discussion of the murals by Giotto in the Arena Chapel of Padua, Italy. The artist's work is considered in terms of its relationship to the structure of the poetry of Dante, biblical exegesis, geometry, and symmetry"--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Giotto's circle
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes two folded leaves of col. plates of the Arena Chapel interior, north and south walls.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Giotto's O -- The highest thing -- That obscure object of desire -- Phantom presences -- The rhetoric of wonder -- Things and time -- Conclusion: full circle.
- Call Number
- JQF 09-1413
- ISBN
- 9780271034072 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271034076 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008007321
- OCLC
- 193911240
- Author
- Ladis, Andrew, 1949-
- Title
- Giotto's O : narrative, figuration, and pictorial ingenuity in the Arena Chapel / Andrew Ladis.
- Imprint
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 09-1413