Cimabue

Portrait of Cimabues from the Vite by Giorgio Vasari

Cimabue (* approx. 1240; † approx. 1302), real name Cenni di Pepo ( nickname Cimabue , Italian = ox head), was a Florentine painter and mosaic artist .

Life

As one of the first painters in Italy, Cimabue broke with the formalism of Byzantine art . His reception of Gothic painting from Northern Europe had a great influence on 14th century painting in Italy. Cimabue was Giotto's teacher .

Giorgio Vasari wrote the first biography of the painter in his Le vite . He described him as proud, tenacious, highly motivated and determined to do what he thought was right, and he was born to give painting the “first lights” (“ i primi lumi ”). From the point of view of art criticism , the fresco of the enthroned Virgin Mary (Maestà) with angels and St. Francis in the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi shows the saints in the most authentic representation.

Works (selection)

Crucifix (around 1265) in the Church of San Domenico in Arezzo

Crucifix (1287–1288) in the Santa Croce Church in Florence

Fresco cycles of the Passion of Christ , the Apocalypse and the Life of the Virgin Mary in the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi .

Maestà di Santa Trinita from the Church of Santa Trinità (1272–1274), Uffizi Gallery , Florence

Mosaics by the Evangelist John (around 1302) in the Pisa Cathedral

Painting (altar polyptych ) “Passion and Crucifixion of Christ” from 1280, including the painting “ The Mocked Christ ” (24.6 cm × 19.6 cm; Il Cristo deriso , Le Christ moqué , Christ Mocked ; discovered in 2019 ) auctioned on October 27, 2019 for 24.18 million euros, including the premium ).

Maestà; Virgin Mary enthroned with angels and St. Francis ; Fresco in the Basilica of Assisi
"The Mocked Christ," discovered in 2019
Crucifix from Chiesa di San Domenico (Arezzo)
Crucifix from Santa Croce (Florence) , condition before 1966

Honors

The asteroid (11578) Cimabue is named after Cimabue .

literature

Giorgio Vasari : The life of Cimabue, Giotto and Pietro Cavallini . Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini . Edited , commented by introduced by Fabian Jonietz and Anna Magnago Lampugnani. Berlin: Wagenbach 2015. ISBN 978-3-8031-5064-6 .

Individual evidence

^ Giorgio Vasari : CVs of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects . Original title: Le vite de 'più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti , German edition from 2005, ISBN 978-3-7175-1488-6 .
^ Paul Johnson : Die Renaissance , Berlin 2002, p. 159.
↑ Bernd Roeck: The morning of the world . 1st edition. CH Beck, 2017, p. 459 .
↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for Germany, number 251/2019 of October 29, 2019, p. 11.
↑ Kurt Kron: Cimabue painting almost landed on the trash , stuttgarter-zeitung.de, accessed on September 26, 2019
↑ AFP message. Source: Lippische Landes-Zeitung , volume 253, number 223/39 of September 25, 2019, p. 5.
↑ Stefan Trinks: Ox head on the stove - Was a cimabue discovered in a kitchen near Paris? , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for Germany, number 223/2019, September 25, 2019, p. 12.

Web links

Commons : Cimabue - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cimabue on Wikiart
Literature by and about Cimabue in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by Cimabue at Zeno.org .
Web Gallery of Art
24 million euros for "The Mocked Christ" , sueddeutsche.de, accessed on October 29, 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Cimabue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cenni di Pepo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1240
DATE OF DEATH	around 1302

[1] Giorgio Vasari : CVs of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects . Original title: Le vite de 'più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti , German edition from 2005, ISBN 978-3-7175-1488-6 .

[2] Paul Johnson : Die Renaissance , Berlin 2002, p. 159.

[3] Bernd Roeck: The morning of the world . 1st edition. CH Beck, 2017, p. 459 .

[4] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for Germany, number 251/2019 of October 29, 2019, p. 11.

[5] Kurt Kron: Cimabue painting almost landed on the trash , stuttgarter-zeitung.de, accessed on September 26, 2019

[6] AFP message. Source: Lippische Landes-Zeitung , volume 253, number 223/39 of September 25, 2019, p. 5.

[7] Stefan Trinks: Ox head on the stove - Was a cimabue discovered in a kitchen near Paris? , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for Germany, number 223/2019, September 25, 2019, p. 12.