Cavallini, Pietro
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Cavallini, Pietro (active
c.1270–
c.1330). Italian painter and mosaic designer, active mainly in Rome, where he must have been the leading artist of his day. His two major surviving works (both dating from the 1290s) are mosaics of the
Life of the Virgin (S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome) and a fragmentary fresco cycle, the most important part of which is a
Last Judgement (S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome). In 1308 Cavallini was invited to Naples by the reigning king, Charles II of Anjou, and various frescos in S. Maria Donnaregina have been attributed to him. His final work (
c.1325–30) was probably a mosaic on the façade of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome; this was destroyed by fire in 1823, but something of its appearance (as of other lost works) is known from copies. According to his son, a scribe at the papal court, Cavallini lived to be 100, but little else is recorded about him. Although he is an obscure figure, he occupies an important place in the history of Italian painting. He softened the rigidity of
Byzantine art, and his majestic figures have a real sense of weight and three-dimensionality. His achievements were built on by his great contemporary
Giotto, whose
Last Judgement in the Arena Chapel at Padua features Apostles enthroned exactly as in Cavallini's fresco of the subject.
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The new genius of Assisi A sensational discovery has been made in a Italian church. It means that the history of Western art will have to be completely rewritten. Alasdair Palmer goes to Rome to investigate
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...an obscure Roman artist named Pietro Cavallini. How could a few fragments...were identical to those used by Pietro Cavallini in the fresco of The Last Judgment...have painted the Assisi cycle. Pietro Cavallini, who was probably born in the...
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Discovery threatens to change art history
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...an obscure Roman artist named Pietro Cavallini. How could a few fragments...similar to frescoes known to be by Cavallini in the nearby church of Santa...handedly transforming Western art. Pietro Cavallini, who was probably born in the...
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Expressive compositions: From Italian frescoes to Richard Avedon's women to Chicago's lakefront.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 12/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...time covered, which encompassed works by, among others, Giovanni Cimabue, Giotto di Bondone, Pietro Cavallini, Simone Martini, and Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Twenty-two fresco cycles are presented in superb color photographs by...
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Obituary: Federico Zeri
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the bulk of the work to Giotti's Roman contemporary Pietro Cavallini. In a memorable and long- running battle with the...where he studied under such famous art historians as Pietro Toesca and Roberto Longhi. He began his working life...
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International: Frescos damaged beyond repair by earthquake
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...fragments of the frescos. He said that despite his recent belief that many frescos were the work of Filippo Rusuti and Pietro Cavallini of the Roman School rather than Giotto, they remained a fundamental part of Europe's cultural heritage. "Who...
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Siena, Florence and Padua: Art, Society and Religion, 1280-1400, 2 vols.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...original contribution of papal patronage, and the achievements of such Rome-based artists as Jacopo di Torriti and Pietro Cavallini, are sorely missed. This oversight is the book's greatest shortcoming as a text. Padua's Guariento and Altichiero...
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Laura Bush Tours Fresco Exhibit
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/4/2002; ; 451 words
; ...international level, Neyland said. Painted some 900 years ago by unknown artists under the tutelage of Italian artist Pietro Cavallini, the Vatican frescoes once adorned the walls of St. Agnese and St. Nicola, two early Roman churches. They were...
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Texas School Gets Vatican Frescoes
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/3/2002; ; 514 words
; ...they are kept from public view until at least 2025. Painted by unknown artists under the tutelage of Italian artist Pietro Cavallini, the Vatican frescoes once adorned the walls of St. Agnese and St. Nicola, two early Roman churches. They were...
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Patrons in Lubbock, Texas enjoy frescoes from Vatican on exhibit's first day
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/3/2002; ; 489 words
; ...they are kept from public view until at least 2025. Painted by unknown artists under the tutelage of Italian artist Pietro Cavallini, the Vatican frescoes once adorned the walls of St. Agnese and St. Nicola, two early Roman churches. They were...
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Art restorer challenges origin of Renaissance
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/5/1997; ; 454 words
; ...Tuscany and it did not start with Giotto. It began in Rome, with three artists whom no one has ever heard of: Pietro Cavallini, Filippo Rusuti and Jacopo Torriti. That is like saying that Van Gogh was murdered or that the Mona Lisa is a fake...
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Pietro Cavallini
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pietro Cavallini , c.1250-c.1330, Italian painter and mosaicist. Working in a classical style, he had an important influence on the art...
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Cavallini, Pietro
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Cavallini, Pietro (active c. 1270– c. 1330...Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome). In 1308 Cavallini was invited to Naples by the reigning...son, a scribe at the papal court, Cavallini lived to be 100, but little else is...
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Rome, Art in
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...of the ancient city. Medieval Roman painters like Pietro Cavallini (c. 1250 – c. 1330) gave their figures...in ancient frescoes. THE ALLURE OF THE ANCIENT By Cavallini's time, however, the Roman economy lagged far...
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Italian art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...made use of elements from classical antiquity, as did Pietro Cavallini in his fresco paintings in Rome. But it is with Giotto...school were the painters Simone Martini and the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and the sculptors Giovanni Pisano...
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Giotto
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tradition, he was a pupil of Cimabue . Modern critics also see the influence of the Roman school exemplified by Pietro Cavallini and of the sculptors Nicola and Giovanni Pisano . Whatever his training, it is certain that Giotto broke with the...
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