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...Lecture. "Giotto and His Followers." I. "The St. Francis Frescoes in the Upper Church at Assisi," by Dr. Osvald Liren, in the Lecture Room, Fogg Museum...
...Lecture. "Giotto and His Followers." II. "The Frescoes in the Arena Chapel at Padua," by Dr. Osvald Liren in the Lecture Room, Fogg Museum...
...loan has recently been received of an important early Italian primitive attributed to Agnolo Gaddi, one of the painters who followed the tradition of Giotto. This is a superb example of 14th century Italian painting. The Annunciation, the Nativity, the Crucifixion, and the Entombment are represented on this one panel with great delicacy of finish and in rich, glowing colors...
...cathedrals at Cologne and Strasburg; and Gothic influences in Italy evident in Cistertian churches at Florence and Siena. The ornate character of the decorative sculpture was clearly brought out in several views of the portals and wall panels of these buildings; and one or two designs of the famous Giotto were shown...
Those who followed Giotto, abandoned his simplicity of style and filled their paintings with unnecessary detail, but there came one among them who returned to the early principles; this man was Fra Angelico. Though Giotto and Fra Angelico succeeded in their style, still naive "leaving out" and scientific elimination must be united with their genius, to constitute real decorative...