Ognissanti Madonna

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The Ognissanti Madonna is a large early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a key step toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting, depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned and surrounded by angels and saints.

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Ognissanti Madonna canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf altarpiece
tempera painting
alsoKnownAs Madonna Enthroned
Madonna in Maestà
artHistoricalSignificance key step toward naturalism in Italian painting
transitional work between Byzantine and Renaissance styles
associatedWith Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
centuryOfCreation 14th century
city Florence
collection Uffizi Gallery
commissionedFor Church of Ognissanti, Florence
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Giotto
currentLocation Uffizi Gallery, Florence
linked to: Uffizi Gallery
dateOfCreation circa 1310
depicts Christ Child
linked to: Child Jesus

Virgin Mary
angels
saints
genre Marian art
religious painting
hasLanguage none (visual artwork)
influenced later Italian Renaissance painters
locatedInMuseum Galleria degli Uffizi
linked to: Uffizi Gallery
materialUsed gold ground
tempera
movement Italian Renaissance
Proto-Renaissance
originalFunction altarpiece
originalLocation Church of Ognissanti, Florence
religion Christianity
showsCharacteristic gold background
hieratic frontal composition
monumental enthroned Madonna
overlapping figures
suggestion of three-dimensional space
use of light and shadow to model forms
style Italo-Byzantine-influenced naturalism
subject Virgin and Child enthroned in majesty
support wood panel
title Ognissanti Madonna

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giotto notableWork Ognissanti Madonna
Giotto di Bondone notableWork Ognissanti Madonna
subject linked to: di Bondone
Ognissanti Madonna title Ognissanti Madonna
Madonna Enthroned alsoKnownAs Ognissanti Madonna