Cimabue

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Cimabue was a pioneering 13th-century Italian painter and mosaicist whose work helped bridge Byzantine traditions and the emerging naturalism of the early Italian Renaissance.

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Cimabue canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian artist
human
mosaicist
painter
activeIn Arezzo
Assisi
Florence
Pisa
alsoKnownAs Bencivieni di Pepo
linked to: Cenni di Pepo

Cenni di Pepi
Cenni di Pepo
artisticRole bridge between Byzantine and early Renaissance styles
pioneer of naturalism in Italian painting
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence
dateOfBirth c. 1240
dateOfDeath c. 1302
depicts Christ
linked to: Jesus Christ

Virgin Mary
saints
era 13th century
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName di Pepo
fieldOfWork fresco
mosaic
panel painting
genre religious art
givenName Cenni
influenced Duccio di Buoninsegna
Early Italian Renaissance painting
Giotto
influencedBy Byzantine art
Italo-Byzantine tradition
movement Italo-Byzantine style
Proto-Renaissance
notableWork Apse mosaics of Pisa Cathedral
Crucifix (Arezzo)
Crucifix (Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence)
Frescoes in the Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
Maestà (Louvre)
Maestà (Santa Maria dei Servi, Bologna)
Santa Trinita Maestà
occupation mosaicist
painter
placeOfBirth Florence
placeOfDeath Pisa
styleCharacteristic elongated figures
gold backgrounds
increasing attention to volume and space

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