  Giovanna
Grossato - Matteo Salin
GIOTTO
A journey through his works and workplaces
There are about
5000/6000 entries for languages;
90 minutes of music;
1 hour and 45 minutes of listening text;
850 images;
3 minutes of films;
5 languages (Italian, English, Spanish,
French and German)
120 megabyte of text
Virtual navigation around Scrovegni Chapel in Padua,
and the Upper Basilica in Assisi. Panorama of history,
literature, economy, and contemporaries of the artist.
Iconographic sources in complete form. Texts and commentaries
in five languages: Italian, English, German, French
and Spanish, with the possibility of changing language
immediately during consultation.
After their "Multimedia Guide to the Pinacoteca
of Vicenza", Giovanna Grossato and Matteo Salin
have produced a new CD-ROM covering the complete
works of Giotto which also visits the main
places where the works of this Florentine master are
conserved.
From the main menu it is possible to access information
on:
• the life of Giotto (including
the complete life of the artist as narrated by Vasari);
• the history, philosophy, literature,
economy and personalities
of the century in which Giotto lived and worked; ,
• all the 167 works which critics
have unanimously attributed to Giotto.
It will also be possible to:
• access the works from their
titles;
• access the works on the basis
of their subjects;
• find the works from the towns
in which they are located;
• get a complete list of all
the cross-references and therefore a complete list
of everything that is found on the CD-ROM.
The works are found from twelve pages which present
all Giotto's works in icon form; the entries for the
single works are accessed simply by clicking on the
associated icon.
The elementary unit is the entry for each work. Each
entry consists of a photograph and a text in the language
chosen from those available, initially or at any lime
when viewing.
Buttons on each entry permit:
• movement from one entry to
another;
• access to other menus;
• return to the desired point
on your search path;
• requesting specific information
on the text;
• listening to music (also in
the background);
• placing bookmarks at points
you want to return to;
• listening to the text in the
desired language.
Small keys beside the image allow you to enlarge it
or examine details. These either permit creation of
a window for printing the work, or pop-up windows for
viewing the image, enlargement or detail.
The music is from works by the twelfth century composer
Guillaume de Machault, one of the greatest
musicians of the time.
These have been rediscovered and reproposed - especially
the compositions which take the name of "Lai"
- in the original manner and on instruments similar
to the original ones.
A small window which appears at the beginning of each
piece, and which can be enlarged, provides the text
being sung, in early French and in modern English.
The same cross-referencing system has been used as
on the Pinacoteca di Vicenza CD-ROM with the addition
of the dark magenta colour.
This is used here to call up the towns in which Giotto's
works are found, while the colour red identifies the
artist's principal cycles.
A small camera icon recalls images, a little video camera
indicates the presence of film clips, a map can be used
to access maps and street plans while a bookshelf icon
gives direct access to the literary and iconographical
sources.
A particular spotlight has been placed on the "cycles"
in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua and
in the Upper Basilica at Assisi. In
both cases, a "Virtual Visit" can be made
using the mouse, to discover the various frescos and
study them one at a time.
Windows can also be opened to consult the complete
texts of the iconographical sources from which information
has been taken: for example, Vasari's Life of
Giotto to illustrate the artist's life; La
Leggenda Major by Bonaventura da Bagnoregio,
from which, Giotto drew inspiration for the episode's
in the life of St. Francis; the Canticle of
the Beasts, the Gospels, the
Bible and passages from Dante's Divine
Comedy, etc... .
There are plans and photographs of the main Italian
cities where the artist's work are found as well as
brief entries describing the various museums where his
works are housed in Italy, with the addresses of those
abroad.
It is possible to search from any text element, memorize
entry elements on a clipboard or print them, or replay
the path followed during one's voyage.
Particular care has been taken with the graphics, with
top quality resolution for the images and high fidelity
to the original colours.
The images are presented as if "pasted" in
an album, while the buttons are in gold to highlight
the value of the works.
The background of the text is a light beige.
 Public
Price: € 15,00
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