Richards, John
Dr. John C. Richards is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow.
2008 0-7734-5236-2This book examines Petrarch’s relationship with Francesco il Vecchio da Carrara, lord of Padua, who was the poet’s host during his final years (1367-74), and for whom he started to rewrite his great work of Roman history, the De Viris Illustribus. The exemplary purpose of this text was extended in the form of a major fresco cycle in the Sala Virorum Illustrium of the Carrara palace in Padua, the Reggia. This book contains 10 black and white photographs.
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