1. The
Lamentation
Giotto
Arena Chapel.
(1305-1306)

2. Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Giotto di Bondone, 1266-1337

3. “Cimabue thought that in painting
He commanded the field, and now Giotto has
the acclaim”
Dante, Purgatory (XI, 94-96)

4. Arena Chapel,
Padua

9. Late Medieval
or
Proto-Renaissance?

10. Panel from
St. Francis Altarpiece
Bonaventura Berlinghieri
1235
Tempera on wood
60” x 42”

11. Madonna Ethroned with
Angels and Prophets
Cimabue
1285
Tempera and gold on
wood
11’7” x 7’4”

13. Cultural Significance
• Dawning humanism
• Artist’s experience of seeing the world

14. Michelangelo
The Pieta
Marble
1498-1499