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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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Raising of the Boy in Sessa
1310
Painting ID:: 44376
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Raising_of_the_Boy_in_Sessa
1310
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Allegory of Obedience
c. 1330
Painting ID:: 44382
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Allegory_of_Obedience
c. 1330
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St Francis in Glory
c. 1330 Fresco Lower Church
Painting ID:: 52356
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St_Francis_in_Glory
c. 1330 Fresco Lower Church
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The Death of the Boy in Sessa
1310s Fresco North transept
Painting ID:: 52357
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The_Death_of_the_Boy_in_Sessa
1310s Fresco North transept
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Allegory of Poverty
c. 1330 Fresco Lower Church
Painting ID:: 52359
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Allegory_of_Poverty
c. 1330 Fresco Lower 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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