Re-evaluates St. Francis in the Desert, Giovanni Bellini's masterpiece, following the major technical study by the Metropolitan Museum in 2010.

Foreword by Keith Christiansen Acknowledgments by Ian Wardropper, Susannah Rutherglen and Charlotte Hale "The Footprints of Our Lord": Giovanni Bellini and the Franciscan Tradition by Susannah RutherglenThe Desert and the City: Marcantonio Michiel and the Early History of St. Francis by Susannah Rutherglen From the Grand Canal to Fifth Avenue: The Provenance of Bellini's St. Francis from 1525 to 1915 by Anne-Marie Eze, with the assistance of Raymond Carlson St. Francis in the Desert: Technique and Meaning by Susannah Rutherglen and Charlotte Hale St. Francis and the Art of Perspective by Joseph Godla and Denise AllenThe Formative Stimulus for Giovanni Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert: History and Literature of the Franciscan Movement in Late Medieval Italy by Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M.Appendix A, The Technical Examination of St. Francis in the Desert by Charlotte HaleAppendix B, Detail at the Waist of the Saint's Habit by Susannah RutherglenNotesBibliography Photograph CreditsIndex