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GIOTTO di Bondone
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1267-1337
Italian painter and designer. In his own time and place he had an unrivalled reputation as the best painter and as an innovator, superior to all his predecessors, and he became the first post-Classical artist whose fame extended beyond his lifetime and native city. This was partly the consequence of the rich literary culture of two of the cities where he worked, Padua and Florence. Writing on art in Florence was pioneered by gifted authors and, although not quite art criticism, it involved the comparison of local artists in terms of quality. The most famous single appreciation is found in Dante's verses (Purgatory x) of 1315 or earlier. Exemplifying the transience of fame, first with poets and manuscript illuminators, Dante then remarked that the fame of Cimabue, who had supposed himself to be the leader in painting, had now been displaced by Giotto. Ironically, this text was one factor that forestalled the similar eclipse of Giotto's fame, which was clearly implied by the poet.
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ
mk68
Fresco
Padua
Arena Chapel
c.1306
Italy
Painting ID:: 30389
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Lamentation_over_the_Dead_Christ
mk68
Fresco
Padua
Arena Chapel
c.1306
Italy
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Madonna in Majesty
mk68
Tempera on wood
Florence,Uffizi
Early Italian.
Painting ID:: 30392
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Madonna_in_Majesty
mk68
Tempera on wood
Florence,Uffizi
Early Italian.
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Lamentation over the Dead CHrist
mk68
c.1306
Painting ID:: 30947
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Lamentation_over_the_Dead_CHrist
mk68
c.1306
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Madonna in Maesta
mk83
c.1310
Painting ID:: 33243
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Madonna_in_Maesta
mk83
c.1310
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The Devils Cast our of Arezzo
mk86
c.1296-1297
Fresco
Assisi
San Francesco
Upper Church
Painting ID:: 33297
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The_Devils_Cast_our_of_Arezzo
mk86
c.1296-1297
Fresco
Assisi
San Francesco
Upper Church
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GIOTTO_di_Bondone
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1267-1337
Italian painter and designer. In his own time and place he had an unrivalled reputation as the best painter and as an innovator, superior to all his predecessors, and he became the first post-Classical artist whose fame extended beyond his lifetime and native city. This was partly the consequence of the rich literary culture of two of the cities where he worked, Padua and Florence. Writing on art in Florence was pioneered by gifted authors and, although not quite art criticism, it involved the comparison of local artists in terms of quality. The most famous single appreciation is found in Dante's verses (Purgatory x) of 1315 or earlier. Exemplifying the transience of fame, first with poets and manuscript illuminators, Dante then remarked that the fame of Cimabue, who had supposed himself to be the leader in painting, had now been displaced by Giotto. Ironically, this text was one factor that forestalled the similar eclipse of Giotto's fame, which was clearly implied by the poet.
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