Cimabue (;Italian: [tʃimaˈbuːe]; Ecclesiastical Latin: [tʃiˈmabu.e];[citation needed]c. 1240 – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence.
Although heavily influenced by Byzantine models, Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to crack from the Italo-Byzantine style. While medieval art subsequently was scenes and forms that appeared relatively flat and highly stylized, Cimabue’s figures were depicted once more objector lifelike proportions and shading than supplementary artists of his time. According to Italian painter and historian Giorgio Vasari, Cimabue was the instructor of Giotto, the first good artist of the Italian Proto-Renaissance. However, many scholars today tend to discount Vasari’s claim by citing earlier sources that recommend otherwise.
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