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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
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2002
Length
55 minutes
Producer(s)
Paul Saadoun, Palette Production
Co-producer(s)
Arte France, Musée du Louvre
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.