Identifier: giotto00dese (find matches)
Title: Giotto
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: De Selincourt, Basil, 1876-
Subjects: Giotto, 1266?-1337
Publisher: London : Duckworth and Co. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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» Pkoio, Ali?iari\ THE ASCENSION \_Arena ChapelTo face p. 147 THE ARENA CHAPEL AT PADUA 147 37. The Ascension. Preceded in the decorative framework by Elijah inthe Chariot of Fire. The figure of Christ Ascending is perhaps thenoblest and most beautiful of all Giottos creations.*Even critics whose primary interest in painting iswith its representation of material appearances, admitthat the impression of upward movement is wonder-fully conveyed, and look to the fresco as a master-piece on that account alone. It is more importantto call attention to the calm and radiant buoyancy ofspirit, without which the effect they prize would be oflittle value. To left and right of Christ rise with himthe Old Testament saints and patriarchs, whom he hasredeemed from bondage by the descent into hell. Thetreatment of these groups is very interesting. Theintensity of their joyous aspiration not only appears intheir action and their features, but is given also by therepetition of one gesture throughout;

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