IFF: Giotto, Dreaming the Renaissance | Giotto e il sogno del Rinascimento
The documentary recounts the great development of 14th-century painting in Veneto that began with Giotto’s arrival in Padua. At a time when the great Signorias and Maritime Republics dominated the Italian territory, artists were called upon by the powerful to decorate palaces and churches as testimony to their influence. The Carraresi family, at that time at odds with the Serenissima Republic of Venice, initiated a policy of culture. More and better than other important Signorie of the 14th century, they moved in a cosmopolitan context, forging relations with the major European courts. They hired the leading artists of the 14th century into their service for self-celebratory purposes and modelled the city in their image and likeness, originating the Urbs Picta. When Giotto died in 1337 at around the age of 70 (his year of birth is unclear), he was given a ceremonious state funeral in Florence, the first time such an honor was bestowed upon an artist. In his lengthy career he worked across media and subjects, creating large mosaics, altarpieces, painted crucifixes, portraits, and frescoes. There still isn’t scholarly consensus about what works can be firmly attributed to him, although there is widespread agreement that he painted the Arena Chapel frescoes in Padua, the Bardi Chapel frescoes in Santa Croce, and the Ognissanti Madonna.PT1H34ME2024-09-05Mario Martone
IFF: Giotto, Dreaming the Renaissance | Giotto e il sogno del Rinascimento"IFF: Giotto, Dreaming the Renaissance | Giotto e il sogno del Rinascimento"Showtimes
September 9, 8:30 pm
September 18, 1:40 pm
September 21, 11:00 am
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