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Cimabue
Italian b1240 - d1302
Cimabue Location
Italian painter and mosaicist. His nickname means either bull-head or possibly one who crushes the views of others (It. cimare: top, shear, blunt), an interpretation matching the tradition in commentaries on Dante that he was not merely proud of his work but contemptuous of criticism. Filippo Villani and Vasari assigned him the name Giovanni, but this has no historical foundation. He may be considered the most dramatic of those artists influenced by contemporary Byzantine painting through which antique qualities were introduced into Italian work in the late 13th century. His interest in Classical Roman drapery techniques and in the spatial and dramatic achievements of such contemporary sculptors as Nicola Pisano, however, distinguishes him from other leading members of this movement. As a result of his influence on such younger artists as Duccio and Giotto, the forceful qualities of his work and its openness to a wide range of sources, Cimabue appears to have had a direct personal influence on the subsequent course of Florentine, Tuscan and possibly Roman painting.
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Painting ID:: 6051
Crucifix (detail) fdg
1268-71
Tempera on wood, 64,5 x 53 cm, (full painting: 336 x 267 cm)
San Domenico, Arezzo
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Painting ID:: 6052
Crucifix dfdhhj
1287-88
Panel, 448 x 390 cm
Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence
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Painting ID:: 6053
The Madonna in Majesty (detail) fgjg
1285-86
Tempera on panel, 91 x 75 cm (full painting: 385 x 223 cm)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Painting ID:: 6054
The Madonna in Majesty (detail) dfg
1285-86
Tempera on panel, 47,5 x 39 cm (full painting: 385 x 223 cm)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Painting ID:: 6055
The Madonna in Majesty (Maesta) fgh
1285-86
Tempera on panel, 385 x 223 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Cimabue
Italian b1240 - d1302
Cimabue Location
Italian painter and mosaicist. His nickname means either bull-head or possibly one who crushes the views of others (It. cimare: top, shear, blunt), an interpretation matching the tradition in commentaries on Dante that he was not merely proud of his work but contemptuous of criticism. Filippo Villani and Vasari assigned him the name Giovanni, but this has no historical foundation. He may be considered the most dramatic of those artists influenced by contemporary Byzantine painting through which antique qualities were introduced into Italian work in the late 13th century. His interest in Classical Roman drapery techniques and in the spatial and dramatic achievements of such contemporary sculptors as Nicola Pisano, however, distinguishes him from other leading members of this movement. As a result of his influence on such younger artists as Duccio and Giotto, the forceful qualities of his work and its openness to a wide range of sources, Cimabue appears to have had a direct personal influence on the subsequent course of Florentine, Tuscan and possibly Roman painting.
. Related Artists to Cimabue: | Melchior de Hondecoeter | Bonifacio de Pitati | George Dawe | Nardo, Mariotto diNM | Eugene Joors |
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