Thanks for your enthusiastic responses. I have no citations for my
observations. Here are the reasons for my hypothesis (not original, I just
found out) that the scenes depicted in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua are
actually scenes from Annunciation Play, probably designed by him, as I was told
by a venerable of prof. who is now with Giotto that Giotto was a member of a
confraternity that produced that play (Sacra Rapprasentazione della
Annunziatione). The bit of information confirmed a suspicion I had for a long
time that this was theatrical scenery due to Giotto's using the same "setting"
in different panels for different "scenes". For example, "Joachim Driven from
the Temple" and "The Presentation of Mary in the Temple" show different views
of the same "set". This particular "set" is particularly interesting as it
makes no architectural sense at all outside the context of theatrical
performance, but within in that context, is a very nice set, indeed, including
a very nice beema. Other scenes are similarly duplicated. Also, the actual
name of the Scrovegni Chapel at dedication was, The Chapel of the Annunciation,
as it is on the site where the play of that name had traditionally been
performed for years. Giotto's paintings may very well represent scenes from
that very play. Convinced as I am of this, I still need more than a good
hypothesis to make a case. Thanks for the leads (and the information on RIS).
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