Restorers are using them to save priceless 700-year-old frescoes by Giotto. They are using medical syringes in Assisi these days, but it has nothing to do with the pandemic.

Unveiled in 1305, the still vivid panels chronicle the lives of Mary and Jesus, in a style that revolutionized the Western art world. “Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel is a pillar, the beginning of ...

Although dating these paintings can be tricky (as can the attribution of authorship, since many scholars doubt whether Giotto played any role), most guesses place their creation within a few ...

They are regarded as a supreme masterpiece of medieval Western art and are admired by thousands of visitors to the city of Padua each year. But frescoes by the Italian Renaissance painter, Giotto ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Christ’s kingdom is “an eternal and universal kingdom: a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love, and peace.” ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

Item 1 of 5 A restorer works on Giotto's frescoes in the chapel below the basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, in this screengrab taken from a December 16, 2020 video.

The upper basilica, which includes Giotto’s most famous frescoes, was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1997. It’s ceiling collapsed, killing four people inside, including two Franciscan monks.