Civilisation: Episode 3 - Romance and Reality

Sully sur Loire, Loire, northern France

Lady with the unicorn tapestry (Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris)

Chartres North Portal (France)

Above left: Medieval hunting party, mirror case (V&A)
Above centre: Siege of the Castle of Love, casket (V&A)
Above right: Departure from the Castle of Love, mirror case (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)

Above left: Virgin and Child from Saint Chapelle (Louvres, Paris)
Above right: Descent from the Cross (Louvre, Paris)

Above left: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Musée Condé, Chantilly)
Above middle: Livre du cœur d'amour épris (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Above right: Royal Gold Cup (British Museum)

Above left: Holy Thorn Reliquary (British Museum)
Above middle: Grand Heures de Duc De Berry (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris)
Above right: Sketchbook of Stephen Scribner (Bavarian State Library, Munich)

Above left: St Francis and the Poor Knight (National Gallery)
Above middle: St Francis Denounces His Worldy Good (National Gallery)
Above right: St Francis and Lady Poverty (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

Church of St Francis, Assisi, Italy

Town Hall of Sienna, Italy

Above: Two Giotto frescos at the Arena Chapel (Padua, Italy)

Above left: Inside the baptistry at Pisa, Italy
Above right: Outside the baptistry at Pisa, Italy