Cimabue, Giotto's master - Italian Renaissance Art.com
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.
Cimabue summary | Britannica
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 (documented 1272; died 1302) | National Gallery, London
Cenni di Pepi, called Cimabue, is first recorded in Rome in 1272 where he is referred to as a 'Florentine painter'. Together with the younger Duccio and Giotto, Cimabue was one of the pioneering artists of the early Italian Renaissance.
Cimabue Biography (1240-1302) - Life of an Italian Artist
Cimabue (1240-1302) was a master Florentine painter and mosaicist, who was a pioneer in the artistic movement towards naturalism in his time. Cimabue introduced three-dimensional designs using the Romanesque approach, with Byzantine models and medieval techniques to create his own style.
Cimabue – ItalianRenaissance.org
From Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Giovanni Cimabue (c. 1240-1302)
Cimabue | Encyclopedia.com
The Italian painter Cimabue (active last quarter of 13th century) worked in an Italo-Byzantine style characterized by a vigor and vivacity that set it apart from the more conventional art of his times and anticipated the more natural style of the 14th century.
The Santa Trinita Maestà, Cimabue — Google Arts & Culture
The Santa Trinita Maestà, Cimabue, 1290-1300. This large panel (3.85 m x 2.23 m) was created by Cimabue in around 1300 for the Vallumbrosan Order of the Church of Santa Trinita, where according...
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