Medieval Archives - Art of Loving Italy https://www.artlovingitaly.com/category/ancient-greek-roman/medieval/ Art & Beauty are all around us. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://www.artlovingitaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-ArtLovingItaly4-32x32.jpg Medieval Archives - Art of Loving Italy https://www.artlovingitaly.com/category/ancient-greek-roman/medieval/ 32 32 Tale of Two Crosses by Cimabue https://www.artlovingitaly.com/cimabue-cross-arezzo-florence/ https://www.artlovingitaly.com/cimabue-cross-arezzo-florence/#respond Tue, 02 May 2017 19:17:53 +0000 http://dreamingsophiabook.com/?p=1949

Cimabue was a Florentine painter who lived from 1251 until 1302. He is significant in that he is one of the first painters to shift from stylistic representations popular during the medieval ages, signifying a turning point in Art History toward the Renaissance. Paintings before Cimabue were flat with little or no depth and figures had...

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It seems the Ponte Vecchio in Florence is always in the news for one reason or another! Are you familiar with the famous landmark? Have you walked across one of the original Florentine bridges that connect the Oltrarno to the city center? At the foot of the bridge, it is said Dante waited each day for...

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