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Giottino
Giottino , early Florentine painter of the school of Giotto. He is supposed to have lived in the first half of the 14th cent. and has been variously identified as Giotto di Stefano, Tommaso di Stefano, and Maso di Banco. It is possible that the work of more than one man has been associated with this...
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Altichiero da Zevio
Altichiero da Zevio , c.1330-c.1395, Italian painter, follower of Giotto. He worked in Verona and then Padua. His frescoes in the churches of Sant' Antonio and San Giorgio in Padua are notable as early examples of the use of classical proportions in the treatment of figures and space.
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Giotto
Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) , c.1266-c.1337, Florentine painter and architect. He is noted not only for his own work, but for the lasting impact he had on the course of painting in Europe.
Training
Giotto reputedly was born at Colle, near Florence. According to tradition, he was a pupil o...
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Andrea Pisano
Andrea Pisano , c.1290-c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera. His most important work, the first bronze doors of the baptistery in Florence, was begun in 1330. In 28 panels he depicted scenes from the life of John the Baptist. Through Andrea, Italian sculpture came under the infl...
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Pietro Cavallini
Pietro Cavallini , c.1250-c.1330, Italian painter and mosaicist. Working in a classical style, he had an important influence on the art of Cimabue and Giotto. His surviving works are frescoes in Santa Cecilia, Rome, and in Santa Maria Donnaregina, Naples. He designed some beautiful mosaics in the Ch...
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Hippolyte Jean Flandrin
Hippolyte Jean Flandrin 1809-64, French painter; student and follower of Ingres. Influenced by the primitivism of Giotto, he is best known for his religious paintings, such as St. Clair Curing the Blind (1837; cathedral, Nantes); his decorations for the Church of St. Séverin, Paris; and hi...
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Cennino Cennini
Cennino Cennini , c.1370-1440, Florentine painter, follower of Agnolo Gaddi. None of his paintings is extant. He is most famous for having written the Libro dell'arte (written 1400?, tr., The Craftsman's Handbook, 1933). This treatise marks a transition between medieval and Renaissance concepts ...
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Bernardo Daddi
Bernardo Daddi , fl. 1312-48, Italian painter of the Florentine school. First influenced by his contemporary Giotto, he soon adopted the delicate line and lyrical expression of the Sienese painters, especially the Lorenzetti. Among his dated works are a triptych (1328) in the Uffizi and an altarpiec...
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Passion cycle
Passion cycle in art, the depiction of the last events in the life of Jesus. The Passion was a favorite subject of medieval and Renaissance artists and was considered the most ambitious of projects. The scenes depicted generally include the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the washing of his feet, th...
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Lorenzetti
Lorenzetti , two brothers who were major Sienese painters. Pietro Lorenzetti, c.1280-c.1348, was first influenced by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giovanni Pisano. His earliest known work, an altarpiece at Arezzo, already shows the impact of Giotto's style in its concern with profound emotion and simp...
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