Scenes from the Life of St Francis

Scenes from the Life of St Francis, at the Museum Complex of San Francesco in Montefalco, encompasses the extensive narrative sequence Gozzoli painted in the nave and choir of the church, depicting episodes from the Fioretti—the collected stories of Francis—with warmth and pictorial intelligence. The program's ambition required Gozzoli to develop a consistent pictorial language for the Franciscan narrative that could sustain viewer engagement across multiple scenes and wall surfaces. The Montefalco church remains one of the best-preserved contexts for understanding Gozzoli's fresco work in its intended spatial setting.

Across the narrative sequence, Gozzoli maintains a consistent figure scale and compositional logic, varying the setting from interior to exterior and from urban to wilderness while using the same palette of warm ochres, clear blues, and verdant greens throughout. The spatial recession in each scene is managed through overlapping figures and simplified architectural or landscape framing rather than rigorous linear perspective.