By Cathleen Fleck, Saint Louis University

In anticipation of the  2014  IAS/Kress Lecture by Dr.  Jean Cadogan, “Maravigliose istorie: The Mural Decoration of the Camposanto in Pisa,” I share some photos of Pisa. Her lecture on 27 May 2014 at 5 pm (in the  Gipsoteca of the Università di Pisa  at Piazza San Paolo all’Orto) will examine the  murals painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in the context of the changing civic function of the Camposanto in the fifteenth century.  The fresco campaigns were begun in the 14^th and continued into the 16^th cc.  After time and WWII damage to the Camposanto, the monumental cemetery next to Pisa’s Cathedral (beg. 1278), the frescoes have been undergoing restoration and re-placement in the Camposanto, and some of their sinopie underdrawings now appear in the Museo delle Sinopie nearby.  

Camposanto, beg. 1278

South gallery

North gallery

Benozzo Gozzoli, remains of a fresco with Stories of the Old Testament, north gallery, late 15^th century

Tags: 15th century, art, art history, Benozzo Gozzoli, camposanto, frescoes, guest post, history, Italian Art Society, Kress Foundation, lectures, pisa