Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Art & architecture Artists

Francis of Bologna

FRANCO DA BOLOGNA

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FRANCIS OF BOLOGNA. - 13th-century illuminator, mentioned by Dante (Purgatorio, X, 82-85) in contrast to Oderisi da Gubbio as an innovator. No certain works by him are known; nevertheless he may be supposed to be the principal, or among the principal, illuminators of homilies who, toward the end of the 13th century and in the early years of the 14th, helped to orient local painting in the direction of Giottesque naturalism.

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BIBL.: B. C. K., s. v. in Thieme Becker, XII, pp. 364-65 with bibliography; P. Toesca, Storia dell'arte italiana, Turin 1927, p. 1154.

Emilio Lavagnino

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By Emilio Lavagnino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1693.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Franco da Bologna.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1693. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/franco-da-bologna.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Franco da Bologna.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1693. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/franco-da-bologna.

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  author    = {Lavagnino, Emilio},
  title     = {Franco da Bologna},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1693},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/franco-da-bologna}
}

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