A 14-episode program in which various cultural figures were invited to discuss a work of art that held special significance for them. Most interviewees chose a painting, but some selected a building, a monument, a neighborhood, or even an entire city.
Zeffirelli, having recently completed filming "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" and having deeply studied the history of Francis of Assisi, chose to analyze Giotto’s frescoes in the Upper Basilica of Assisi.