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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 Peter Enthroned
c. 1330 Tempera on panel
Painting ID:: 52400
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St_Peter_Enthroned
c. 1330 Tempera on panel
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Mary Magdalene and Cardinal Pontano
1320s Fresco Magdalene Chapel
Painting ID:: 52401
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Mary_Magdalene_and_Cardinal_Pontano
1320s Fresco Magdalene Chapel
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Vision of the Ascension of St Francis
1325 Fresco, 280 x 450 cm
Painting ID:: 52402
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Vision_of_the_Ascension_of_St_Francis
1325 Fresco, 280 x 450 cm
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Birth of Christ
mk191
1302-1305
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 48620
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Birth_of_Christ
mk191
1302-1305
Oil on canvas
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Detail of Birth of Christ
mk191
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 48623
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Detail_of_Birth_of_Christ
mk191
Oil on canvas
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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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