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The Hermit Zosimus Giving a Cloak to Magdalene Painting ID:: 52374
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GIOTTO di Bondone The Hermit Zosimus Giving a Cloak to Magdalene 1320s Fresco Magdalene Chapel
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Joachim-s Sacrificial Offering Painting ID:: 52375
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GIOTTO di Bondone Joachim-s Sacrificial Offering 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
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Marriage of the Virgin Painting ID:: 52376
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GIOTTO di Bondone Marriage of the Virgin 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
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No. 13 God Sends Gabriel to the Virgin Painting ID:: 52377
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GIOTTO di Bondone No. 13 God Sends Gabriel to the Virgin 1306 Fresco, 230 x 690 cm
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The Angel Gabriel Sent by God Painting ID:: 52378
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GIOTTO di Bondone The Angel Gabriel Sent by God 1306 Fresco, 150 x 195 cm
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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::. | BASSETTI, Marcantonio | Costanzo da Ferrara | Emanuel Leutze | |
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