Cimabue, Duccio, & Giotto: Precursors to Renaissance Painting
Key Art Works to Know:
§ Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned (Maesta), tempera on panel, c. 1280-1290
§ Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned, from Maesta Altarpiece, tempera on panel, c. 1308-1311
§ Giotto, Madonna Enthroned with Saints (Ognissanti Madonna), tempera on panel, c. 1305-1310
§ Giotto, Arena Chapel (Scrovegni Chapel), Padua, Italy, fresco, c. 1304-1306
§ Duccio di Buoninsegna, Maesta Altarpiece, tempera on panel, c. 1308-1311
Key Questions:
§ What do you remember about the classical period? What did the art look like? What were they trying to do?
§ What do you know about the Renaissance? Can you name any artists from the Renaissance?
§ What are the differences between Cimabue, Duccio, & Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned?
§ What is similar between the three paintings shown? What are the differences?
§ Who are the figures? How are the figures positioned? What are they thinking?
§ Where are they? What is the setting? What kind of space is depicted?
§ Are they sitting? Standing? Floating?
§ What is happening with their clothing? Folds?
§ How is Jesus depicted? Baby? Adult?
§ What have we discovered about these works?
§ Why are these three artists so influential?
§ What to you expect to see in the future during the Renaissance period after being introduced to these works?
§ How does this relate to you?
Vocabulary: (Please put these in your vocabulary books)
§ Altarpiece
§ Contrapposto
§ Foreshortening
§ Humanism
§ Maesta
§ Naturalism
§ Tempera
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