Giotto: The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
by: Cole, Bruce

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w and color images throughout. 119 pages. Oblong format. The Scrovegno Chapel is reknown for a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed around 1305 and an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 14th-century fresco cycles composed of 8 historical buildings in Padua city centre. The Scrovegni Chapel contains the most important frescoes that marked the beginning of a revolution in mural painting and influenced fresco technique, style, and content for a whole century. Short inscription on front fly leaf. Dust jacket with minor wear. Clean copy.