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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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St Francis Preaching before Honorius III
1297-1300
270 x 230 cm
Painting ID:: 44355
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St_Francis_Preaching_before_Honorius_III
1297-1300
270 x 230 cm
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Apparition at Arles
1297-1300
270 x 230 cm
Painting ID:: 44356
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Apparition_at_Arles
1297-1300
270 x 230 cm
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Death and Ascension of St Francis
270 x 230 cm
Painting ID:: 44357
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Death_and_Ascension_of_St_Francis
270 x 230 cm
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Apparition to Fra Agostino and to Bishop Guido of Arezzo
1300
270 x 230 cm
Painting ID:: 44358
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Apparition_to_Fra_Agostino_and_to_Bishop_Guido_of_Arezzo
1300
270 x 230 cm
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Verification of the Stigmata
270 x 230 cm
Painting ID:: 44359
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Verification_of_the_Stigmata
270 x 230 cm
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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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