Boyde’s Fresco Cycles

This is the Home Page for a collection of 26 profusely illustrated lectures on the art of the Italian Renaissance, which make the greatest artists accessible by allowing them to tell complete stories from history, legend and the Bible, for example: Julius Caesar or the Duke of Ferrara; St Francis or St George; Adam or Abraham.

As you will discover from About the author and the Introduction, Professor Boyde is Emeritus Professor of Italian in the University of Cambridge and equally well known as scholar and communicator.

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