Cimabue aka Bencivieni di Pepo was a famous artist in Florence. He
was born in Firenze, Italy and died in Pisa, Italy. Cimabue is one of the first
well- known Italian painters to escape from the Byzantine style. Consequently,
this led to Vasari assumption of Cimabue teaching another painter known as Giotto.
Cimabue first famous painting was the Crucifixion
in San Domenico Church, in Arezzo. Once he gained more knowledge of works such as the Christus patiens by Giunta Pisano he left behind the Byzantine
style.
Around year 1272 he made another Crucifixion
for the Santa Croce church in Firenze, Italy. This time it was much bigger and couldn’t compare to
his previous work in Arezzo. In addition, that year he painted the Maesta with Saints Francis and
Dominic now at the Uffizi.
MaestÃ
is the Italian word for
"majesty". Cimabue’s painting representing the Madonna and her child baby Jesus uniting with angels and saints. The Maesta came widespread in Rome during
the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Which created a
massive amount of attention on the veneration of Mary. The Maesta was inspired through frescos and put directly
on plastered walls, as for paintings often they could be found on wooden altar panels.
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