Giotto, Petrarca e il tema degli Uomini Illustri tra Napoli, Milano e Padova. Prolegomeni a un'indagine - 1

This essay aims to investigate around the lost Uomini Illustri cycles in Napoli, Milano and Padova, traditionally linked to Giotto, Petrarch and to the “Proto-Humanistic” culture. The author proposes some research ideas and hypotheses about the iconography of the lost frescoes and their cultural contexts, considering the most recent critical literature, with particular attention to Petrarchan studies, the circulation of ideas, books and images, the surviving and transformations of classical artistic and literary models in Europe during the Middle Ages.