Day 1,000: canonical

The space will allow canonical works by these artists to be always on view.

Artwork of the day
Canonization of St Francis
Giotto
Original Title: Canonizzazione di San Francesco
Date: 1300
Style: Proto Renaissance
Series: Legend of St. Francis
Genre: religious painting
Media: fresco
Location: Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy
Dimensions: 270 x 230 cm

Word of the day
canonical: related to a rule, principle, or law, especially in the Christian Church; considered to be good and important, and worth studying

Quote of the day 
“One day humanity will play with law just as children play with disused objects, not in order to restore them to their canonical use but to free them from it for good.”
― Giorgio Agamben, State of Exception