Cimabue

Cimabue (Italian: [tʃimaˈbuːe]),^[1] c. 1240 – 1302,^[2] was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence. He was also known as Cenni di Pepo^[3] or Cenni di Pepi.^[4]

Although heavily influenced by Byzantine models, Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break from the Italo-Byzantine style.^[5] Compared with the norms of medieval art, his works have more lifelike figural proportions and a more sophisticated use of shading to suggest volume. According to Italian painter and historian Giorgio Vasari, Cimabue was the teacher of Giotto,^[2] the first great artist of the Italian Proto-Renaissance. However, many scholars today tend to discount Vasari's claim by citing earlier sources that suggest otherwise.^[6]

^ "Cimabue". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b Giorgio Vasari. Lives of the Artists. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. ISBN 978-0-19-953719-8.
^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 38.
^ J. A. Crowe; G. B. Calvalcaselle (1975). A History of Painting in Italy; Umbria, Florence and Siena from the Second to the Sixteenth Century. Vol. 1. AMS Press. p. 202.
^ Fred Kleiner (2008). Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History. Vol. 2. Cengage Learning EMEA. p. 502.
^ Hayden B.J. Maginnis (2004). "In Search of an Artist". In Anne Derbes; Mark Sandona (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Giotto. Cambridge. pp. 12–13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] "Cimabue". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[vas-2] Giorgio Vasari. Lives of the Artists. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. ISBN 978-0-19-953719-8.

[Clarke-3] Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 38.

[4] J. A. Crowe; G. B. Calvalcaselle (1975). A History of Painting in Italy; Umbria, Florence and Siena from the Second to the Sixteenth Century. Vol. 1. AMS Press. p. 202.

[5] Fred Kleiner (2008). Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History. Vol. 2. Cengage Learning EMEA. p. 502.

[Hayden_B.J._Maginnis_2004-6] Hayden B.J. Maginnis (2004). "In Search of an Artist". In Anne Derbes; Mark Sandona (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Giotto. Cambridge. pp. 12–13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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