In my opinion, the best books about Italian Frescoes are a two volume set
of large, expensive, full color books ($135 list price each, cheaper on Amazon).
Because we love frescoes, and we travel all over Italy to see them, I bought
these books.
Each book describes what the author considers to be the significant frescoes
of the time period. They have detailed descriptions of each fresco series
and pages of beautiful photographs of them. I have listed the frescoes described
in these two books. They are sorted by town within region. It is my personal
goal to see each of these frescoes.
Town |
Place |
Building |
Book |
Painter |
Apulia |
Galatina |
Santa Caterina |
early |
Apulian school of the followers of Ottaviano Nelli |
Emilia-Romagna |
Bologna |
San Giacomo Maggiore |
Oratory of St. Cecilia |
flower |
Francesco Francia, Lorenzo Costa, Amico Aspertini |
Ferrara |
Palazzo Schifanoia |
Hall of the Months |
early |
Cosimo Tura, Francesco del Cossa, Ercole de' Roberti, Baldassare d'Este |
Torrechiara |
Castello di Torrechiara |
Golden Room |
early |
Benedetto and Bonifacio Bembo |
Lazio |
Rome |
San Clemente |
Chapel of Cardinal Branda Castiglione |
early |
Masolino da Panicale and workshop, Masaccio |
Rome |
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva |
Carafa Chapel |
flower |
Filippino Lippi |
Vatican City |
Palazzo Vaticano |
Chapel of Nicholas V |
early |
Fra Angelico and workshop |
Vatican City |
Palazzo Vaticano |
Sistine Chapel |
flower |
Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Cosimo Rosselli,
Luca Signorelli |
Lombardy |
Castiglione Olona |
Baptistery |
early |
Masolino da Panicale |
Castiglione Olona |
Collegiata |
Choir Vaulting |
early |
Masolino da Panicale |
Mantua |
Palazzo Ducale |
Camera degli Sposi |
flower |
Andrea Mantegna |
Monza |
Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista |
Tomb Chapel of the Langobard Queen Theodolinda |
early |
Franceschino, Gregorio, Giovanni Zavattari |
Marches |
Loreto |
Sanctuario della Santa Casa |
Sacristy of St. John; Sacristy of St. Mark |
flower |
Lucca Signorelli, Melozzo da Forli |
Urbino |
Oratory of San Giovanni Battista |
early |
Lorenzo Salimbeni, Jacopo Salimbeni, Antonio Alberti |
Piedmont |
Manta |
Castello di Manta |
Great Hall |
early |
Circle of Giacomo Jacquerio |
Trentino-Alto Adige |
Trent |
Castello del Bwon Consiglio |
Eagle's Tower |
early |
Painter Unknown |
Tuscany |
Arezzo |
San Francesco |
Choir Chapel |
early |
Vicci di Lorenzo, Piero della Francesca |
Florence |
Santa Maria del Carmine |
Brancacci Chapel |
early |
Masolino da Panicale, Masaccio, Filippino Lippi |
Florence |
Sant'Apollonia |
Refectory |
early |
Andrea del Castagno |
Florence |
Villa Carducci in Legnaia and Galleria degli Uffizi |
early |
Andrea del Castagno |
Florence |
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi |
Chapel of the Magi |
early |
Benozzo Gozzoli |
Florence |
Palazzo Vecchio |
Sala dei Gigli |
flower |
Domenico Ghirlandaio and workshop |
Florence |
Santa Trinita |
Sassetti Chapel |
flower |
Domenico Ghirlandaio and workshop |
Florence |
Santa Maria Novella |
Tornabuoni Chapel |
flower |
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Davide Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio |
Florence |
Santa Maria Novella |
Strozzi Chapel |
flower |
Filippino Lippi |
Monte Oliveto Maggiore |
Abbazia |
Great Cloister |
flower |
Lucca Signorelli, Sodoma |
Prato |
Cathedral of Santo Stefano |
Choir Chapel |
early |
Filippo Lippi, Fra Diamante di Feo |
San Gimignano |
Sant 'Agostino |
Main Choir chapel |
early |
Benozzo Gozzoli and workshop |
San Gimignano |
Collegiata |
Chapel of Saint Fina |
flower |
Domenico Ghirlandaio and workshop |
Siena |
Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala |
Pellegriniao |
early |
Domenico di Bartolo, Il Vecchietta, Priamo della Quercia |
Siena |
Duomo |
Piccolomini Library |
flower |
Pinturicchio and workshop |
Umbria |
Montefalco |
Museo Communale of San Francesco |
Choir Chapel |
early |
Benozzo Gozzoli |
Orvieto |
Duomo |
Cappella Nuova |
flower |
Fra Angelico, Lucca Signorelli |
Perugia |
Collegio del Cambio |
Sala di Udeinza |
flower |
Perugino |
Spello |
Collegata di Santa Maria Maggiore |
Baglinoi Chapel |
flower |
Pinturicchio |
Spoleto |
Santa Maria |
Choir Apse |
early |
Filippino Lippi, Fra Diamente di Feo |
Valle d'Aosta |
Issogne |
Castello Challant |
entry porch and courtyard loggia |
flower |
Local Valle d'Aosta workshop |
