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God Sends Gabriel to the Virgin Painting ID:: 44370
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GIOTTO di Bondone God Sends Gabriel to the Virgin 1306
230 x 690 cm
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Saint Francis and Saint Clare Painting ID:: 44371
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GIOTTO di Bondone Saint Francis and Saint Clare 1279-1300
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Mary Magdalene-s Voyage to Marseilles Painting ID:: 44372
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GIOTTO di Bondone Mary Magdalene-s Voyage to Marseilles 1320s
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Return of Christ to Jerusalem Painting ID:: 44373
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GIOTTO di Bondone Return of Christ to Jerusalem 1310
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Christ Among the Doctors Painting ID:: 44374
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GIOTTO di Bondone Christ Among the Doctors 1310
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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. |
Related Artists::. | Joseph Siffred Duplessis | RICCI, Sebastiano | Rowland Lockey | |
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