Cimabue
Originally known as Cenni di Peppo or Bencivieni di Pepo, Cimabue was the last great Italian artist who followed the Byzantine style and the first to break with some of the Byzantine elements in his work. He made mosaics as well as paintings, which include the frescoes of New Testament scenes in the upper church of St. Francis of Assisi. Cimabue is believed to have been Giotto's teacher.
On the Web
Catholic Encyclopedia: Cenni di Petro Cimabue
Thorough biography by Louis Gillet.CGFA: Cimabue
Thumbnails lead to large, beautiful scans at the Carol Gerten Fine Art Museum.Cimabue
A handful of thumbnails lead to large, striking scans, at the Christus Rex site.Life of Cimabue
Extracts of Vasari's segment on Cimabue from his Lives are accompanied by thumbnail graphics leading to larger versions of his works.Mark Harden's Artchive - "Cimabue"
The title links lead to thumbnails, which offer still larger graphics through an image viewer.Web Gallery of Art: Cimabue
More than a dozen images, mostly frescoes as well as some paintings and a mosaic, that you can send as postcards. Also includes a very brief bio.
In Print
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Cimabue
by Luciano Bellosi & Giovanna Ragionieri; translated by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren, Jay Hyams and Frank DabellThe Basilica of St Francis of Assisi: Glory and Destruction
by Giorgio Bonsanti; photographs by Ghigo Roli
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