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CHAPEL and in the SASSETTI CHAPEL by Debra Louise Hintz a Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT of ART in Partial Fu The legend of St. Francis in the Bardi Chapel and in the Sassetti Chapel Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Hintz, Debra Louise, 1955- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 02/10/2021 11:36:31 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/557961 THE LEGEND OF ST. FRANCIS IN THE BARDI CHAPEL AND IN THE SASSETTI CHAPEL by Debra Louise Hintz A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ART In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN ART HISTORY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1983 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and borrowers under rules of the Library, Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable with­ out special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgement of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his judgement the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTORS This thesis has been approved on the date shown below: CM 2-0 , 1 9 0 DONALD K, /GARFIELD v Date Assistant Professor of Art History (JfM 7/ - DR, ROBER|r QUINN Date Professox of Art History ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author is sincerely grateful to Professor Donald Garfield under whose direction this study was conducted, for his helpful guidance, encouragement, invaluable suggestions, and the giving so unselfishly of his time. The author would also like to express appreciation to Doctor Robert Quinn for his help and encouragement throughout her entire graduate program. Finally, the author would like to give special thanks and appreciation to her parents who provided continual encouragement and moral support as well as financial assistance. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LISTS OF ILLUSTRATIONS.’ooooooooooooooooeeo o o o o o o o ABSTRACTOOOQOOOOOOOOOO oooooooooooo oooo o-'oooeeooo oo ix CHAPTER eoooooo oeoooooooooeeeooeooooooooo.oeoooeoooooo 1„ FOURTEENTH CENTURY FLORENTINE SOCIETY,. o o o © o o o 1 The Founding of Mendicant Orders^oooooooooooo 3 Early Representations of St, Francis, 4 The Legend of St, Francis, Assisi,,., o o o o o o e 13 Religious Sentiment of Florentine Society 24 THE BARDI CHAPEL, SANTA CROCE ooooooooooooooooo 30 The Pictorial Proaram by Giotto ooooooooooo 32 The Stigmatization of St, Francis>00000000.oo 34 The Apparition of St. Francis at Arles...... 45 The Tr 1 a1 by Fire..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 .0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 , 0 48 The Funeral of St. Francis..o............... 51 The Visions of Agostino and Bishop Guido..., 53 FIFTEENTH CENTURY FLORENTINE SOCIETY...... 56 Portraiture in Religious Art Commissions 57 THE SASSETTI CHAPEL, SANTA TRINITA.„ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Alterations in the Pictorial Program. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 St. Francis Resuscitating the Notary's Son 65 Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 Lorenzo di' Medici..., 0000000000000000000000 79 The Sassetti Chapel's Dual Theme o ooooooooooo 92 Tomb Sculpture in the Sassetti Chapel... 95 5. CONCLUSION, 0000 oooooooooooooooo 0000000000000 00 105 APPENDIX A. LIST OF FULL-PAGE MINIATURES,>0000000000 108 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY oooooooooooooeooooeoooooooceooo 110 iv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1, Berlinghieri, Bonaventura, St, Francis Altarpiece (after Frederick Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 1974), Alinari Photograph, 7 Nave of the Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smartf The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971), Plate 1, general view 00000 .0 000000000000 14 3, The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 3a, North wall, fourth bays Scenes I™III,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 15 4, The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 3b, North wall, third bays Scenes IV^VIo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 16 5, - The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 4a, North wall, second bays Scenes VII-IX,t o ooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooo 17 6, The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971), Plate 4b, North wall, first bays Scenes X-XIII oooooooooooooooo o o o o o o o 18 7, The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 5, East walls Scenes XIV-XV,ooooooooooooo 19 8 , The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 6a, South wall, first bays Scenes XVI™XIX,o,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. 20 The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 6b, South wall, second bays j Scenes XX^XXII,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 21 The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 7a, South wall, third bays Scenes XXIII-XXV, ©ooooooooooooooooooooo 22 v LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Continued Figure Page 11. The Upper Church, Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971) Plate 7b, South wall, fourth bays Scenes XXVI-XXVIII „ o o e o o o o ooooooooooooooo 23 12. Giotto, The Stigmatization of St. Francisy Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giottoy 1971). 00 0 000000000000,0 0000 33 13. Berlinghieriy Bonaventura, The Stigmatization of St. Francis (after Alastair Smarty The Assisi Problem and the Art - of Giotto y 1971). ooo.ooo.:. oeooo 35 14. The'Stigmatization of St. Francisy Upper Church at Assisi (after Alastair Smart, The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto, 1971). o... ...o.oooo oo... 39 15. Giotto, Sto Francis Renouncing- His Father and All WorIdly Goods, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Raimond Van Marie, History of Italian Painting, vol. 3, 1923). Anderson Photograph... 42 16. Giotto, Approval of the Franciscan Rule, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Raimond Van Marie, History of Italian Painting, vol. 3, 1923). Anderson Photograph. 000000000000000000000060000 44 17. Giotto, The Apparition at Arles, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Raimond Van Marie, History; of Italian Painting, vol. 3, 1923). Anderson Photograph.. 000 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000000 0 000 0 00 00:0 46 Giotto, The Trial by Fire, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Raimond Van Marie, History of Italian Painting, vol. 3, 1923). Anderson Photograph.< OOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO 49 19. Giotto, The Death of St. Francis and the Verification of the-Stigmata, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Raimond Van Marie, History of Italian Painting, vol. 3, 1923). Anderson Photograph................. ooeoooooooooeoooo 52 vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Continued Figure Page 20, Giotto, Visions of Brother Agostino and Bishop Guido of Assisi, Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce (after Edi Barcheschi, Giotto, 1966), Plate 144.,,,. oooo ooooooeooooeooooo 54 Ghirlandaio, Francesco Sassetti, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph.......... 62 Ghirlandaio, Nera Corsi, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph,leooooeoeeoooeooooeo 63 23. Ghirlandaio, St. Francis Resuscitates the Notary's Son, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari T ^ K o t O g r a p h ooooeooooo,oeoooooeoe‘eeoeoooc.oeoeooe 66 24. Ghirlandaio, The Approval of the Franciscan Rule, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph.. ooooo ooeo ooooooeeoeoeoooooooeooo 73 Ghirlandaio, A Preliminary Sketch for a Scene, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita (after Warman Welliver, "Alterations in Ghirlandaio's Santa Trinita Frescoes." Art Quarterly, no. 3, August, 1969).... ooooooooooooeooooooooooooooooo 75 26. Ghirlandaio, detail of Approval fresco, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... 78 27. Ghirlandaio, detail of Approval fresco, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... 80 28. Ghirlandaio, detail of Approval fresco, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... 81 29. Ghirlandaio, St; Francis Renouncing His Father and A11 Worldly Goods, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph,Looeoooooooooooooo 85 30. Ghirlandaio, The Trail by Fire, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph, 0000000900 87 31. Ghirlandaio, The Stigmatization of St. Francis, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph. 00 00000.00000000000000000000000000000 89 vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Continued Figure Page Ghirlandaio, The Funeral of St. Francis arid the Verification of the Stigmata, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph. ooeee ooo 91 33. Ghirlandaio, The Prophecy of Christ's Birth by the Tiburtine Sibyl and the Heavenly Vision of Christ by Emperor Octavianus Augustus, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita (after Charles de Tolnay, "Two frescoes by Domenico and Davide Ghirlandaio in Santa Trinita in Florence." Wallnaf-Richartz Jahrbuch, 1961). Plate 154... 94 34. Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Shepherds, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... 96 35. Giuliano da Sangallo, Francesco Sassetti's Tomb, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Allinari Photograph.. OOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO 97 36, Giuliano da Sangallo, Nera Corsi's Tomb, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... 98 37, Giuliano da Sangallo, detail of Sassetti"s Tomb, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph... ooeoooeooeoeeooeooeooooooooeooooo 100 Giuliano da Sangallo, detail of Sassetti’s Tomb, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph,Loo 0 0 00 0 00 0000000,0 000000 0 0006 o oooooooo 101 39. Giuliano da Sangallo, Tondo of Francesco Sassetti, Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trinita. Alinari Photograph..
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