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Agnolo Gaddi: Issues Of Patronage And Narrative In The Selection Of The True Cross Cycle At Santa Croce, Florence, Tracey Hirstius Barhorst
Agnolo Gaddi: Issues Of Patronage And Narrative In The Selection Of The True Cross Cycle At Santa Croce, Florence, Tracey Hirstius Barhorst
LSU Master's Theses
Agnolo Gaddi’s Legend of the True Cross fresco cycle in the sanctuary of Santa Croce, Florence, represents an unusual artistic program. Initiated by the Franciscans around 1388, Gaddi’s is the earliest monumental True Cross program; it set the standard for similar works into the sixteenth century. The objective of this thesis is to shed light on this unusual narrative sequence and the reasons for the selection of the True Cross legend as its subject matter. The unique choice for the narrative program provokes several questions: Why was it chosen? What purpose did it serve? What truths did it attempt to …