‘A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting’ Review: A Pivotal Pre-Renaissance Painter
A show at the Louvre expands our understanding of the Florentine father of Western painting, who brought a revelatory naturalism and narrative sense to his work in the 13th century.
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How This Medieval Master Sparked the Renaissance
It’s not everyday that you find a priceless artwork hanging over a kitchen stove. Rarer still is it to stumble across one of the exceptionally few paintings that can confidently be attributed to ...
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As Siena’s art takes to the world stage, the Italian city is undergoing a renewal
Siena’s art is currently stealing the global limelight ... At the Musée du Louvre, a new show on the Florentine painter Cimabue features panel paintings by Duccio, the great Sienese artist ...
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the Town of a Second Christ: Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the ...
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‘A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting’ Review: A Pivotal Pre-Renaissance Painter
A mere two decades after his death, Dante praised him in “Purgatory.” Two centuries later, Giorgio Vasari pronounced that Cimabue had “shed the first light on the art of painting.” ...