Episode 14: Assisi - The Basilica of San Francesco
Rebuilding The Renaissance · Rocky Ruggiero
April 24, 201926m 32s
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Show Notes
This episode examines the history, architecture and decoration of great shrine to St. Francis in Assisi that was decorated by a veritable all-star team of late-13th/early-14th-century artists such as Cimabue, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti and perhaps even Giotto. It also discusses the phenomenon of pilgrimage and the importance of relics in the spiritual life of medieval Christians.