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Étiqueté : saint François

Actualité de la recherche en histoire de l’art de la Renaissance / Appels à contribution

Appel à contribution : « The Image of the Stigmata », Falconara Marittima, Biblioteca francescana picena, 21-23 novembre 2024, date limite le 4 mai 2024

The Image of the Stigmata. Incarnation and representation of faith in figurative and textual culture. 21-23 November 2024, Biblioteca Francescana Picena “San Giacomo della Marca”, Falconara Marittima, AN. Curated by di Monica Bocchetta, Caterina Paparello, Lorenzo Turchi In the context of the VIII centenary of Saint Francis’s Stigmata a conference is promoted looking into the theme of the narration of stigmata in art and in written tradition, according to the advanced study of Chiara Frugoni...

À l'étranger / Actualité de la recherche en histoire de l’art de la Renaissance / Expositions

Exposition : “Saint Francis of Assisi”, Londres, The National Gallery, du 6 mai au 30 juillet 2023

Come face-to-face with one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures in the first major UK art exhibition to explore Saint Francis of Assisi’s life and legacy. Presenting the art and imagery of Saint Francis (1182–1226) from the 13th century to today, this exhibition looks at why this saint is a figure of enormous relevance to our time due to his spiritual radicalism, commitment to the poor, and love of God and nature, as well...

Actualité de la recherche en histoire de l’art de la Renaissance / Parutions

Parution : Michael Cusato, Michael J.P. Robson, “Testimony, Narrative and Image: Studies in Medieval and Franciscan History, Hagiography and Art”, Brill, Leyde, 2022

  Series : The Medieval Franciscans, Volume: 20 Volume Editors : Michael Cusato and Michael J.P. Robson This volume unites a team of distinguished scholars from France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the USA to celebrate Rosalind B. Brooke’s immense contribution to Franciscan studies over the last 60 years. It is divided into four sections, beginning with an appraisal of Dr Brooke’s influence upon Franciscan studies. The second section contains a series of historical studies and...

Actualité de la recherche en histoire de l’art de la Renaissance / Parutions

Parution : Margaret Pont, “An Evocation of the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi”, Lausanne, Skira, 2022

  A beautiful homage to the influence of St Francis and the masterworks by Giotto, Cimabue and others in the Basilica of Assisi This richly illustrated hardcover volume focuses on the exquisitely detailed beauty of the artworks by Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti that adorn the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and the town of Assisi in the heart of Italy’s Umbria region, animating the profound humanism and affirmative energy that St...

À l'étranger / Actualité de la recherche en histoire de l’art de la Renaissance / Expositions

Exposition : « Heavenly Earth : Images of Saint Francis at La Verna », Washington – The National Gallery of Art, du 25 février au 8 juillet 2018.

The Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (1612) depicts the monastery and dramatic rocky terrain of La Verna, the site where Saint Francis received the stigmata. The gifted baroque draftsman Jacopo Ligozzi was hired to illustrate the volume and he cleverly designed overslips pasted on 5 of the 22 engraved illustrations in a before-and­-after fashion to demonstrate the changes to the topography since Saint Francis’s time. Drawing on the Gallery’s holdings of Franciscan imagery, spanning the 15th...