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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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View of the Church of San Francesco established in 1228
Convent of San Francesco, Assisi San Francesco at Assisi consists of two superimposed churches
Painting ID:: 52364
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View_of_the_Church_of_San_Francesco_established_in_1228
Convent of San Francesco, Assisi San Francesco at Assisi consists of two superimposed churches
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View of the interior
Upper Church, San Francesco,
Painting ID:: 52365
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View_of_the_interior
Upper Church, San Francesco,
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Ascension of Christ
c. 1300 Fresco Upper Church
Painting ID:: 52366
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Ascension_of_Christ
c. 1300 Fresco Upper Church
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Frescoes in the fourth bay of the nave
1290s Fresco Upper Church
Painting ID:: 52367
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Frescoes_in_the_fourth_bay_of_the_nave
1290s Fresco Upper Church
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Scenes Nos
4-6 1297-99
Painting ID:: 52368
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4-6 1297-99
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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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