Giotto (c.1267-1337) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1320 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.1 x 43.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture—at once austere and tender—belongs to a series of seven showing the life of…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (St. Francis receiving the stigmata) c.1300–1325 Tempera and gold on poplar, 313 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signature: OPUS IOCTI FLORENTINI (“Work of Florentine Giotto”). At the predella: The dream of Innocent…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1288–1289 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze At the center of the nave, high above the steps that separate the lower from the upper…
Births: • Fra Angelico, Beato (c.1395-1455) • Giotto (c.1267-1337) See also: • Cities | Italia
(c.1267–1337) Giotto di Bondone The artist’s works: Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella c.1288–1289 Santa Maria Novella, Firenze Maestà di Ognissanti c.1300–1305 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze San Francesco riceve le stimmate c.1300–1325 Musée du Louvre, Paris Bacio di Giuda c.1303–1306 Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compianto…
(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1849–1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…
(1313–1375) Works: • Alcesto e Acaten (Italian) • Amorosa visione (1342-1343) • Canto di Ameto (Italian) • Corbaccio (1354) • De mulieribus claris (1361) • Decameron (Italian) ◊ De Decamerone van Boccaccio (Dutch) ◊ Novelleja Decameronesta (Finnish) ◊ The Decameron…
Highlights: • Cappella degli Scrovegni: Piazza Eremitani, 8 Padova in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio con reminiscenze di Padova c.1740–1745 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Births: • Livy (59 BC-17 AD) Deaths: • Livy (59 BC-17 AD) See also: • Cities | Italia
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella Built: 13th century Consecrated: 1420 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 18, 50123 Firenze FI, Italia Website: https://www.smn.it/en/ Works of Art: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (1476-78) • Giotto (c.1267-1337): Crocifisso di Santa Maria…