In this class, we finished our discussions of the Arena Chapel, paying close attention to how the composition of pieces contributed to explaining the narrative. We additionally talked about the life of St. Francis, and the movement he inspired, as well as the ties between The Garden of Earthly Delights and alchemical tools. Specifically, within the frescoes of the Arena Chapel, I found it interesting that Giotto might have used the same guides for multiple scenes, as we talked about with the pose of Christ in the raising of Lazarus and his entrance to Jerusalem. The choice of Giotto to portray the story of Jesus kicking the merchants out of the Temple was also an interesting element to the narratives in the frescoes, as it thematically matched the Arena Chapel’s goal of charity and disapproval of greed. The Lamentation scene was interesting in the ways in which it differed from the other frescos in the narrative. As we discussed, Giotto’s use of body language to convert emotion is quite spectacular, and even with this use of body language, he is able to build the composition in a manner that makes it bottom-heavy, towards Christ’s body. This, which is the primary difference between the earlier frescoes, conveys the gravity of the death of Christ, which at the time, would have felt like the end of the movement for His followers.