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Which frescoes did Giotto paint in Santa Croce in Florence?
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Lamentation, fresco by Giotto, 1303–05; in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy.
Giotto painted fresco cycles in four chapels within the Santa Croce church in Florence: the Giugni, Tosinghi-Spinelli, Bardi, and Peruzzi chapels.1
- Giugni and Tosinghi-Spinelli Chapels: The frescoes in the Giugni Chapel are lost, as are those in the Tosinghi-Spinelli Chapel, with the exception of an Assumption over the entrance that is not universally attributed to Giotto.1
- Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels: These chapels contain cycles depicting the lives of St. Francis, St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist. These works were whitewashed for centuries and later suffered damage during recovery and heavy restoration. Mid-20th-century cleaning revealed that the Bardi Chapel retains some splendid figures painted in true fresco, while the figures in the Peruzzi Chapel are now largely ghostlike due to the different technique used.1