Giotto/Life of Christ in the Arena Chapel

Abstract: An 8 page research paper. Giotto's fresco cycle in the Arena Chapel at Padua was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni early in the fourteenth century. The building was meant to be a small private chapel for use of the Scrovegni family, according to an early document (Stubblebine 107). The meaning of the chapel's frescoes have long generated considerable scholarly debate. The frescoes are exquisitely beautiful, but the contemporary viewer is compelled to wonder what they mean and, in particular, to ask what did they mean to the medieval audience for whom they were painted? In answering this question, this discussion of Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel focuses not only on describing this work of art, but also it relates the meaning of the scenes depicted to the medieval culture to which they refer. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

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Catagory: Artists, Art Genre, & Famous Works Of Art

Subcatagory: Art & Architecture

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