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Nativity,Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi Painting ID:: 41262
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GIOTTO di Bondone Nativity,Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi mk161
Tempera on wood
Gold ground
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The birth, with the giornate indicated Painting ID:: 42508
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GIOTTO di Bondone The birth, with the giornate indicated mk169
ca.1304-13 v. Chr. Fresco 231x202cm Scrovegnikapel, Padua
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Baroncelli Polyptych Painting ID:: 44308
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GIOTTO di Bondone Baroncelli Polyptych c. 1334
Tempera on wood,
185 x 323 cm
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Saint Stephen Painting ID:: 44309
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GIOTTO di Bondone Saint Stephen 1320-25
Tempera on wood,
84 x 54 cm
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GIOTTO Painting ID:: 44310
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GIOTTO di Bondone GIOTTO 1320-25
Tempera on wood,
81 x 55 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::. | Richard Wilson | Stefano Torelli | Eloi Firmin Feron | |
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