The Visitation of Mary

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Excerpt from The Visitation of Mary: Twelve Representations by Artists of the XIV-XVI Centuries, With an Introduction and NotesThe frescoes in the right transept of the lower church at Assisi are generally. But not univers ally. Accepted as Giotto's work, and those who do accept them as such are divided in opinion about their date. Some placing them before the master's Roman period (which robabi began in some after his work at adua. Enturi ascribes them to someone who had worked with Giotto at the last-named place. It 15 instructive to compare the elongated types of this series with the solid forms of the Arena frescoes. And it is difficult to believe that they are by the same hand. Note also that-as is generally the case in the Assisian series super¿uous details are mul tiplied: Giotto was content with two attendants on the Virgin: this artist must have four. Just as in thejflight into Egypt he multiplies the angels by two.3. Fra angelico. Oratorio del Gesu. Cor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.