Art History Talk – Giotto

Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025

Timings: 2.00pm for the Lecture, followed by Tea & Cake in the Pavilion Gallery at 3pm (doors open from 1.30pm)

Venue: Penarth Pier Pavilion

Ticket/s: £15.75per person (+ booking fee) - Ticket price includes Tea & Cake

The four walls that changed everything: Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel

How did one tiny chapel in Padua, Italy change the entire course of Art History?

The frescoes covering the walls of the Scrovegni Chapel are now celebrated as the pearl of the Early Renaissance.

Commissioned by the wealthy Enrico Scrovegni to atone for his sins of moneylending, Giotto's chapel is a masterpiece of storytelling and human emotion.

Devils, grief, love and vice adorn the opulent walls, as well as one of the earliest representations of a kiss in art.

This talk will explore the frescoes and discover why they are considered a milestone in the development of Western Art.

'Without sacrificing scholarship, Stella Grace Lyons has a most engaging way of hooking an audience into sharing her passionate interest in art history, drawing three dimensional human stories and experiences from the two-dimensional canvas'

- Maev Kennedy, Guardian Arts Correspondent

Following the talk, please stay for tea and cake, served in the Pavilion's beautiful Gallery.