Excerpt from Franciscan Legends in Italian Art: Pictures in Italian Churches and Galleries
The Franciscan Saints and Legends in Italian art form not the least attractive part of books dealing with saintly and monastic legends in general, such as those of Mrs. Jameson and Mrs. Bell. They have been exhaustively treated in Herr Thode's great work - Franz von Assist und die Anfange der Kunst der Renaissance in Italien - of which a welcome new edition, revised and enlarged, appeared towards the end of last year.
But, so far as I know, this is the first attempt to bring them together in small compass and in English. Except for an occasional reference, I have confined myself to Italian pictures in Italy, more especially in Central Italy, the home of the Franciscan movement. Many of these pictures that may perhaps not be great works of art are yet very interesting from the point of view of the Franciscan student; while in some - in those by Giotto, for example - we most fortunately find both artistic and Franciscan interest combined.
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