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Cenni di Pepo (Giovanni) Cimabue (c. 1240 — c. 1302) also known as Bencivieni Di Pepo or in modern Italian, Benvenuto Di Giuseppe, was a Florentine painter and creator of mosaics. He is also known as the artist who discovered Giotto. Cimabue is generally regarded as the last great painter working in the Byzantine tradition. The art of this period comprised scenes and forms that appeared relatively flat and highly stylized. Cimabue was a pioneer in the move towards naturalism, as his figures were depicted with rather more life-like proportions and shading. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2476, 321 KB) Description: Title: de: Kreuzigung aus Santa Croce in Florenz, Zustand vor 1966 Technique: de: Tempera auf Holz Dimensions: de: 448 Ã— 390 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Museo dell... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2476, 321 KB) Description: Title: de: Kreuzigung aus Santa Croce in Florenz, Zustand vor 1966 Technique: de: Tempera auf Holz Dimensions: de: 448 Ã— 390 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Museo dell... The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ... Statue of Giotto di Bondone, close to the Uffizi. ... The most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople - the image of Christ Pantocrator on the walls of the upper southern gallery. ...

Owing to little surviving documentation, not much is known about Cimabue's life. He was born in Florence. His career was described in Giorgio Vasari's The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (called, in Italian, Le Vite), widely regarded as the first art history book, though it was completed over 200 years after Cimabue's death. Although it is one of the few early records we have of him, its accuracy is uncertain. Vasari wrote that in the artist's youth: Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Giorgio Vasaris selfportrait Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ...

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Instead of studying his letters, Cimabue spent all his time covering his paper and his books with pictures showing people, horses, houses, and various other things he dreamt up.

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Such remarks concerning precocious devotion to art are, however, common in artists' biographies of the 16th and 17th centuries.

He was mentioned in Dante's Purgatorio.^[1] DANTE is also a digital audio network. ... ...

Cimabue died in Pisa This article discusses the Italian city. ...

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Judging this by the commissions that he received, Cimabue appears to have been a highly-regarded artist in his day. While he was at work in Florence, Duccio was the major artist, and perhaps his rival, in nearby Siena. Cimabue was commissioned to paint two very large frescoes for the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. They are on the walls of the transepts: a Crucifixion and a Deposition. Unfortunately these works are now dim shadows of their original appearance. During occupancy of the building by invading French troops, straw caught fire, severely damaging the frescoes. The white paint was partially composed of silver, which oxidised and turned black, leaving the faces and much of the drapery of the figures in negative. MaestÃ (Madonna with Angels and Saints) (1308-11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dellOpera del Duomo, Siena Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. ... Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ... The Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi (St Francis), the mother church of the Franciscan Order, is a World Heritage Site in Assisi, Italy. ... Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Crucifixion of St. ... Deposition is a word used in many fields to describe different processes: In law, deposition is the taking of testimony outside of court. ...

The Madonna of St. Francis.

Another sadly-damaged work is the great Crucifix of Santa Croce at Florence. It was the major work of art lost in the flood in Florence in 1966. Much of the paint from the body and face washed away. Image File history File linksMetadata San_Francesco_Cimabue. ... Image File history File linksMetadata San_Francesco_Cimabue. ... A crucifix amidst the cornfields near Mureck in rural Styria, Austria A handheld crucifix A crucifix in front of the Holy Spirit Church in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia A crucifix is a cross with a representation of Jesuss body, or corpus. ... The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Among Cimabue's few surving works are the Madonna of San Trinita, once in the church of Santa Trinita, and now housed, with Duccio's Rucellai Madonna and Giotto's Ognissanti Madonna, in the Uffizi Gallery. FaÃ§ade of Santa Trinita. ... MaestÃ (Madonna with Angels and Saints) (1308-11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dellOpera del Duomo, Siena Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. ... There are several things that have been named Giotto: Giotto di Bondone an Italian painter. ... The Uffizi Gallery (Italian Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the most famous museums in the world. ...

In the Lower Church of Saint Francis in Assisi is an extremely important fresco, depicting The Madonna and Christ Child enthroned with angels and Saint Francis. It is claimed to be a work of Cimabue's old age. Saint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. ... This article is about the Italian town. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels (c. ...

Two additional, very fine paintings attributed to Cimabue are now to be seen in New York at the Frick Collection. The Flagellation of Jesus was purchased by the Frick in 1950 and long considered to be of uncertain authorship, possibly Duccio's. But in 2000, the National Gallery in London acquired a Virgin and Child with many similarities (size, materials, red borders, incised margins, etc.) The two pictures are now thought to be parts of a single work, a diptych or triptych altarpiece, and their attribution to Cimabue is fairly secure. Frick Collection Holbeins portrait of Thomas More is one of the highlights of the Frick Collection. ... The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre museum A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. ... The Raising of the Cross, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp A triptych (from the Greek tri- three + ptychÄ“ fold) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together. ...

While the Flagellation is owned by the Frick (and is the only Cimabue in the United States), the Virgin and Child is in the U.S. temporarily. For a short time, the two works can be viewed side-by-side.

The pair are believed to date from 1280.

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^ Purgatio XI, cited in the Cenni di Petro Cimabue article in the Catholic Encyclpedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia Press. ...

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Vaughn, William (2000). Encyclopedia of Artists. Oxford University Press, Inc. ISBN 0-19-521572-9.
Giorgio Vasari, trans. George Bull, Lives of the Artists, Penguin Classics, 1965

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