Fresco cycle on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, here: vault in the aisle, circa 1295

In the four compartments of the vault in the entrance bay the artist portrays the four doctors of church together with their scribes: in the south (at the top of the illustration) st augustine and opposite him, st ambrose; in the east (to the left) st jerome, and in the west st gregory. The architectural structures jut up from below into the gold background. The painter conveys a definite idea of the intellectual work of these saints through the great attention to detail and the perspectival accuracy. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1295. Medium: fresco. Collection: Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi.