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Dream of St. Gregory
StyleRenaissance
GenreReligious
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Giotto di Bondone completed this fresco showing Saint Gregory receiving a divine dream. The scene unfolds with clarity and drama, typical of Giotto's radical narrative approach. Figures occupy believable space with weight and emotion.
This work forms part of the Francis cycle at Assisi. Giotto's innovations in spatial depth and human expression transformed Italian art. It remains at the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.
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About Dream of St. Gregory
You can see it at Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi in Assisi, Italy. Giotto di Bondone created it.
He revolutionized Italian painting with naturalistic figures and spatial depth, moving away from flat Byzantine style It's at Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi.
It's part of Giotto's fresco cycle depicting the life of St. Francis. His naturalistic storytelling and three-dimensional spaces in these Assisi frescoes marked the beginning of Western pictorial tradition.
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