I am trying to find the painting, probably a mural, from which the
following detail was taken for a poster made for the Frankfurt Book Fair
in October and the one in Turin in May 2001:
"La Grammatica," 1410-14ll, Sala delle Arti e del Pianeti,
Palazzo Trinci, Foligno (Umbria)
The picture shows a large female figure on the left (the teacher) and the
small figure of a child (the pupil) on the right with an open book between
them. The right-hand page of the book shows the Latin alphabet at the top
with text below and also on the left hand page.
It is the detail I want but I need to find a book or journal illustration,
preferably in color.
Our worn but useful "L'opera completa di Gentile da Fabriano" (1976) does
not include any works from the Palazzo Trinci. I have looked in all of
our 10 books on Fabriano to no avail.
I also have explored the Web, periodical indexes, etc., unsuccessfully, I
think, because I do not have the title of the painting.
I am doing an "education in art" project for our School of Ed and have
gathered quite a few images--including those in the series "Man Through
His Art--v.4 Education." If anyone knows an image of classroom,
teacher/pupil, etc., off the top of his/her head, please forward the
information to me.
Thanks in advance,
Ruth
Ruth S. Thomas Archaeology, Art, Art History, Classics Bibliographer
Mugar Memorial Library
Boston University
771 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
(617)353-3714
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