The Making of Assisi

“It is those frescoes – notably the 28 that make up the St Francis cycle – that are the subjects of this lavishly illustrated and thought-provoking work of exemplary and accessible scholarship by art historians Donal Cooper and Janet Robson.” —Peter Stanford, The Daily Telegraph

~Peter Stanford, The Daily Telegraph

“[A]n extraordinarily sophisticated investigation of [Assisi's] patronage and iconography.”—David Ekserdjian, The Spectator ~David Ekserdjian, The Spectator

 “[An]outstanding book which show how art can change the world [and] demonstrates, through an intelligent combination of visual and historical research, the transformative role of art and architecture within this revolutionary process. . . [T]he originality of Donal Cooper and Janet Robson is to give a more considered and convincing account than ever before of the care with which the imagery in the church was devised, in order to convey to a diverse audience the complexity of Francis’s example of Christian living.”—Gervase Rosser, Apollo Magazine ~Gervase Rosser, Apollo Magazine

‘Clearly this impressive and densely argued book will stimulate lively reactions. . .This is above all a lucid, courageous and extremely well-informed discussion of the decorations of the Upper Church.’—Julian Gardner, Burlington Magazine

~Julian Gardner, Burlington Magazine

Winner of the 2014 Authors' Club Art Book Prize

~Art Book Prize, Authors' Club