Franciscan legends in Italian art : pictures in Italian churches and galleries

Salter, E. Gurney (Emma Gurney), b. 1875 · 1905 · London : J.M. Dent · 20 pictures

A study of St Francis in Italian painting and sculpture, written by Emma Gurney Salter and published by J.M. Dent in London in 1905 for English readers touring churches and galleries. Halftone plates reproduce frescoes, glazed terracotta roundels and carved reliefs: robed crowds, haloed friars, stepped medieval buildings and canopied thrones, useful for drapery folds, grouped figures and architectural backdrops.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 · Art, Italian · Christian art and symbolism

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