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GIOTTO di Bondone

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.
GIOTTO di Bondone Scenes from the Life of painting


Scenes from the Life of
Scenes from the Life of
Painting ID::  62974
   1304-06 Fresco, width of detail 62 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua Artist: GIOTTO di Bondone Painting Title: Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (detail) , 1301-1350 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
  1304-06 Fresco, width of detail 62 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua Artist: GIOTTO di Bondone Painting Title: Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (detail) , 1301-1350 Painting Style: Italian , , religious

 
 
   
      
GIOTTO di Bondone
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.
Scenes from the Life of
1304-06 Fresco, width of detail 62 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua Artist: GIOTTO di Bondone Painting Title: Scenes from the Life of Christ: 20. Lamentation (detail) , 1301-1350 Painting Style: Italian , , religious
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