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Wrath Painting ID:: 52384
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GIOTTO di Bondone Wrath 1306 Fresco, 120 x 55 cm
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Annunciation to Zacharias Painting ID:: 52385
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GIOTTO di Bondone Annunciation to Zacharias 1320 Fresco, 280 x 450 cm
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Entry into Jerusalem Painting ID:: 52386
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GIOTTO di Bondone Entry into Jerusalem 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
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Christ before Caiaphas Painting ID:: 52387
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GIOTTO di Bondone Christ before Caiaphas 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
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Road to Calvary Painting ID:: 52388
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GIOTTO di Bondone Road to Calvary 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 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::. | BOLTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio | Giacomo Francesco Cipper | Peter Buell Porter | |
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