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Detailed description :Art history

Assisi, circa 1300

Centers of Creativity series

 Through the study of one or more works of art, each episode introduces the birthplace of a major artistic and cultural movement at a pivotal moment in history.

Director(s): Jacques Deschamps

Scientific advisor(s): Michel Laclotte

The preacher Francis of Assisi died at the age of 44, having devoted his life to the radical vow of poverty. Throughout the 13th century, Italy's most gifted artists visited Assisi in search of a new way of representing the world, inspired by the Franciscan doctrine.

Genre

Documentary

Copyright

2002

Length

55 minutes

Producer(s)

Paul Saadoun, Palette Production

Co-producer(s)

Arte France, Musée du Louvre

Commercial distribution

13 Production

Non-commercial distribution

Heure Exquise

Images de la Culture – CNC