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Giardini dell’Arena (entrance
The Last Judgment
This scene fills the entire Piazza Eremitani).
west wall of the chapel. Its Tel 049 201 00 20.
formal composition is closer ∑ cappelladegliscrovegni.it
Open 9am–7pm daily & some
to the Byzantine tradition late evenings. Closed 1 Jan,
than some of the other
frescoes, with parts probably 1 May, 25 & 26 Dec. & see also
Eremitani Museums p183. ^ 7
painted by assistants. A Booking compulsory.
model of the chapel
is shown, being offered to Transport
the Virgin by Scrovegni. @ to Piazzale Boschetti.

Mary is Presented at the Temple
Giotto sets many scenes against
an architectural background,
using the laws of perspective to
give a sense of three dimensions.

Injustice
The Virtues and Vices
are painted
in monochrome.
Here Injustice is
symbolized by
scenes of war,
murder and robbery.
View towards entrance
Giotto
The great Florentine artist Giotto
(1266–1337) is regarded as the
father of Western art. His work,
with its sense of pictorial
space, naturalism and narrative
drama, marks a decisive break
with the Byzantine tradition of
the preced ing 1,000 years. He is
the first Italian master whose
name has passed into posterity, and,
although he was regarded in his lifetime
as a great artist, few of the works attributed to
Lament over the Dead Christ him are fully documented. Some may have been
Giotto’s figures express their grief in painted by others, but his authorship of the frescoes
different ways, some huddled, some in the Scrovegni Chapel need not be doubted.
gesturing wildly.

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