Giotto and Medieval Art : The lives and works of the Medieval artists

by Lucia Corrain, Sergio Ricciardi, Andrea Ricciardi

Master painter, architect and sculptor, Giotto revolutionized the medieval art world. The late 13th and early 14th centuries was a time of magnificent architectural and artistic expression and Giotto played a pivotal role during this exciting era. Experimenting with new techniques in panel painting and fresco, his work became highly influential in his own day, as well as a source of inspiration to the artists of the Italian Renaissance. This book follows Giotto’s entire career, beginning with his training in Florence in the workshop of Cimabue, and introduces and illustrates the artists, works and creative techniques of 14th century Italy.

Genres: Art, Biography, Picture Books

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 1990

About the author

A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Prof. Lucia Corrain is particularly interested in the language of figurative arts, especially painting. In her studies ranging from ancient to contemporary art, she has investigated how a work of art communicates, how it engages the spectator, and what kinds of emotions it provokes in the viewer. She is on the scientific board of the journal Visibile, and has served as the secretary of the International Association of Visual Studies. Prof. Corrain’s scholarly articles have appeared in numerous Italian and international journals (such as Versus, Visio, Visible, etc.); she has also published the monograph Semiotica dell’invisibile. Quadri a lume di notte and edited the volume Semiotiche della pittura. At E.C.Co, Lucia Corrain offers the course “Italian Contemporary Art: 1860-2000”. She also teaches “Semiotics of Art” at DAMS and the Faculty of Communication, and “Semiotics of the Visible” for the laurea magistrale degree in Visual Arts and Semiotics. Prof. Corrain currently directs the undergraduate program in Visual Arts at the University of Bologna.

Reviews

[Shelli · Rating 2 out of 5]

While there is lots of interesting information to be had in this book, it's made forgettable because of the dull presentation. The layout is just horrible and I had to force myself to finish reading it. Labeled diagrams are fine to have but when the majority of the information is built around them the material doesn't flow as well.