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Road to Calvary Painting ID:: 44335
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GIOTTO di Bondone Road to Calvary 200 x 185 cm
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St John on Patmos Painting ID:: 44336
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GIOTTO di Bondone St John on Patmos 280 x 450 cm
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View of a chapel Painting ID:: 44337
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GIOTTO di Bondone View of a chapel 1304-06
150 x 140 cm
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St Paul Painting ID:: 44338
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GIOTTO di Bondone St Paul Oil on canvas
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Frescoes in the second bay of the nave Painting ID:: 44339
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GIOTTO di Bondone Frescoes in the second bay of the nave Oil on canvas
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GIOTTO di Bondone
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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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