Art History II
Chapter 19, Italy 1200-1400
Artists

Giovanni Pisano - (ca 1250 - 1320) Italian sculptor of French Gothic style, son of Nicola Pisano. Sculpted The Annunciation and the Nativity, and Pisa Cathedral baptistery.

Nicola Pisano - (active ca 1258 - 1278) was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style. Pisano is sometimes considered to be the founder of modern sculpture. Sculpted The Annunciation and the Nativity.

Cimabue - (1240 - 1302) an Italian painter, one of the first artists to break away from Italo-Byzantine style, influenced by Gothic sculpture, and in pursuit of a new naturalism. He is also well known for his student Giotto. Cimabue is generally regarded as the last great painter working in the Byzantine tradition. Painted Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets.

Giotto - Italian painter, was the first Renaissance painter, a pioneer in using naturalistic approach to representation based on observation.. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance. Painted Madonna Enthroned and Lamantation.

Duccio di Buoninsegna - (c. 1255-1260 – c. 1318-1319) was one of the most influential Italian artists of his time. Worked mostly with pigment and egg tempera, painting religious subject matters. He has influenced Simone Martini and Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti. Painted the Betrayal of Jesus, and Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints.

Simone Martini - (c. 1284 – c. 1344) Italian painter, major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. Painted Annunciation.

Pietro Lorenzetti - (c. 1280 - 1348) Italian painter, active between 1306 and 1345. Painted Birth of the Virgin.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti - (c. 1290 – 1348) was an Italian painter active between 1317 to 1348. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti. His work shows the influence of Simone Martini, although more naturalistic. He painted Peaceful City, and Peaceful Country.