Cimabue

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painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)

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As early as 1543, Vasari wrote of Cimabue, "Cimabue was, in one sense, the principal cause of the renewal of painting," with the qualification that, "Giotto truly eclipsed Cimabue's fame just as a great light eclipses a much smaller one." Source: Internet

Cimabue was a pioneer in the move towards naturalism; his figures were depicted with more lifelike proportions and shading. Source: Internet

In painting Cimabue thought he held the field but now it's Giotto has the cry, so that the other's fame is dimmed. Source: Internet

Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break from the Italo-Byzantine style, although he still relied on Byzantine models. Source: Internet

Cimabue, within the Byzantine tradition, used a more realistic and dramatic approach to his art. Source: Internet

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