28. Italian Art Before the Renaissance
Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece, San Francesco, Pescia,
tempera and gold leaf on panel, 1235 (G 14-5)
*Arnolfo di Cambio, Santa Croce, Florence (Franciscan order), begun 1294;
Plan
*Arnolfo di Cambio, Santa Croce, Florence (Franciscan order), begun 1294
Nicola Pisano, pulpit of the Pisa Baptistry, marble, 1260 (G 14-2)
Nicola Pisano, Annunciation and Nativity, pulpit of the Pisa Baptistry, marble,
1260 (G 14-3)
*Nicola Pisano, detail of Hercules as Fortitude, pulpit of the Pisa Baptistry,
marble, 1260
Giovanni Pisano, relief panel of Nativity, pulpit of Sant' Andrea, Pistoia,
marble, 1297-1301 (G 14-4)
Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Florence, tempera and gold leaf on
panel, ca. 1280-90 (G 14-6)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child in Majesty (Maestà), former
altarpiece for high altar of Siena Cathedral, tempera and gold leaf on wood
panel, 1308-11 (G 14-9)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Betrayal of Jesus by Judas, detail from the back of
the Virgin and Child in Majesty (Maestà), former altarpiece for high altar of
Siena Cathedral, tempera and gold leaf on wood panel, 1308-11 (G 14-11)
Giotto di Bondone, view toward thewest wall with Last Judgement, Arena
Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, fresco, 1305-06 (G 14-1)
Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation over the Death of Christ, Arena Chapel
(Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, fresco, 1305-06 (G 14-8)
*Giotto di Bondone, Annunciation to Anna, Arena Chapel (Cappella
Scrovegni), Padua, fresco, 1305-06
*Compare: Facade of Sant' Andrea in Mantua, by Alberti, 1474
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Allegory of Good Government
in the Country and Allegory of Good Government in the City, in the Palazzo
Pubblico, Siena, fresco, 1338-39 (G 14-16)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful Country, detail from Allegory of Good
Government in the Country and Allegory of Good Government in the City, in
the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, fresco, 1338-39 (G 14-17)
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mendicant orders: Franciscans and Dominicans
Compassio
Giovanni de Caulibus of San Gimignano: Meditations on the Life of
Christ
Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Artists, 1568
Maniera greca
chrysography
transubstantiation
Dante, Inferno
Boccaccio, Decameron