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Duccio di Buoninsegna (UK: / ˈ d uː tʃ i oʊ / DOO-chee-oh, Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government ...
Duccio was one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages and the founder of the Sienese school. In Duccio’s art, the formality of the Italo-Byzantine tradition, strengthened by a clearer understanding of its evolution from classical roots, is fused with the new spirituality of the Gothic.
Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy.
Biography. The greatest exponent of Sienese painting between the last quarter of the thirteenth and the first two decades of the fourteenth century, Duccio is documented for the first time in the role of painter in 1278, when he was paid by the Comune of Siena for the decoration of twelve coffers ( casse) for the conservation of documents.
Duccio di Buoninsegna Italian. ca. 1290–1300. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 635. This lyrical work inaugurates the tradition in Italian art of envisioning the Madonna and Child in terms appropriated from real life.
Duccio was the leading artist of fourteenth-century Siena. His style is characterised by elegant, flowing lines, soft colours and tender representations of the divine. Here, the Virgin’s cloak is defined by a fluid gold hem.
Mar 13, 2020 · Today, Duccio is regarded as one of the Middle Ages' most groundbreaking artists. Here, we take a look at the life and work of the figure in order to grasp the significance of his artistic contributions—both in Italy and beyond.
'The Sienese artist Duccio was one of the most innovative painters of the 14th century. His most important work is the Maestŕ, the large double-sided altarpiece completed for the high altar of...
Duccio is considered one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages, and is credited with creating the painting styles of Trecento and the Sienese school. He also...
Duccio, who died in 1318, has long been recognized as the father of Sienese painting, and he fostered a new generation of talented and innovative painters. In art history textbooks, however, his considerable contribution to European painting is often overshadowed by the work of his contemporary Giotto.
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