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GIOTTO di Bondone

GIOTTO di Bondone Scenes from the New Testament: Lamentation oil painting on canvas
Scenes from the New Testament: Lamentation
Painting ID::  62979
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GIOTTO di Bondone Scenes from the New Testament: Lamentation oil painting on canvas



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  GIOTTO di Bondone
  Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1267-1337 Italian painter and designer. In his own time and place he had an unrivalled reputation as the best painter and as an innovator, superior to all his predecessors, and he became the first post-Classical artist whose fame extended beyond his lifetime and native city. This was partly the consequence of the rich literary culture of two of the cities where he worked, Padua and Florence. Writing on art in Florence was pioneered by gifted authors and, although not quite art criticism, it involved the comparison of local artists in terms of quality. The most famous single appreciation is found in Dante's verses (Purgatory x) of 1315 or earlier. Exemplifying the transience of fame, first with poets and manuscript illuminators, Dante then remarked that the fame of Cimabue, who had supposed himself to be the leader in painting, had now been displaced by Giotto. Ironically, this text was one factor that forestalled the similar eclipse of Giotto's fame, which was clearly implied by the poet.
  Scenes from the New Testament: Lamentation
  1290s Fresco, 300 x 300 cm Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi The fragmentary New Testament scenes on the wall of the Upper Church include Christ among the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, the Lamentation and the Resurrection. *** Keywords: ************* Artist: GIOTTO di Bondone Painting Title: Scenes from the New Testament: Lamentation , 1301-1350 Painting Style: Italian , , religious

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