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Artists who followed in giot-to's footsteps were wowed by his ability to depict human emotions in actual settings. Leonardo da Vinci said Giotto "not only surpassed the masters of his own time, but all those of many preceding centuries." The latest restoration of Giotto's frescoes in the...
The chapel was built by Enrico Scrovegni to atone for the crimes of his father, a notorious usurer, and in 1303 Giotto was commissioned to decorate it. He covered the interior with a fresco narrative of the lives of Jesus and his mother, adding figures of the Virtues and Vices...
In the seven centuries after the frescoes' completion, their jewel-box colors faded and in some places fell off, salts rose to the surface and gilding tarnished. But the chapel's masterpieces also face modern threats. Air pollution has become a serious problem. And only eight years after the last...
Earthquakes are another hazard, inflicting damage on the building in 1975. In 1997 a tremor caused the partial collapse of the Basilica in Assisi, 320 km to the south, reducing some of its Giotto frescoes to a jigsaw of tiny fragments. Under Professor Basile, the crumbled artworks were reassembled and...
After fueling up, visit the Palazzo Madama, a royal residence that houses the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica. The regional collection of tapestries, paintings and ceramics can be skipped for a quick - and free - viewing of renowned architect Filippo Juvarra's staircase, the Scala delle Forbici, on the western side...