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View all 18 artworks. Cimabue lived in the XIII – XIV cent., a remarkable figure of Italian Proto Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Nov 17, 2023 · CNN — The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance. “Christ Mocked” by the Florentine painter Cimabue...
Nov 14, 2021 · Cimabue was a pioneering Italian artist active in the 13th and early 14th century, known for his frescoes, panel paintings, and exquisite mosaics. Often considered one of the early pioneers of the Italian Renaissance, Cimabue’s life, work, and influence continues to be misrepresented or, perhaps, misunderstood.
Cimabue , orig. Benciviene di Pepo, (born before 1251—died 1302), Florentine painter and mosaicist. He is documented as a master painter in Rome in 1272. It is assumed that he was apprenticed to an Italo-Byzantine painter, since he was strongly influenced by the Greek Byzantine style.
Cimabue was the last great painter working in the Byzantine tradition. He was born in c.1240 and died c.1302 and is well known as the master to his famous pupil Giotto. He was also a highly regarded Florentine painter in his own right and a creator of mosaics.
Together with the younger Duccio and Giotto, Cimabue was one of the pioneering artists of the early Italian Renaissance. Cimabue's only documented work is the apse mosaic of 'Saint John the Evangelist' in the Duomo (cathedral) in Pisa of 1301 and 1302.
Jan 6, 2024 · Cimabue was a Florentine painter from the 13th century who left behind some important stylistic developments that would help to move us towards the Italian Renaissance the followed soon afterwards. Groundbreaking Work. The style used by Cimabue within his portraits was more subtle than previously seen, where a more accurate likeness to reality ...
