Example sentences for: cimabue

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  • Giotto breathes a warm humanity into his Madonna Enthroned (1310) that distinguishes it from the more formal pictures of the subject by Cimabue and Duccio in the same room.

  • Several priceless frescoes were severely damaged or destroyed, notably invaluable works by Cimabue (1226–1337) featured on a portion of the Upper Church’s vaulted ceiling, which plunged to the floor during the quakes.

  • In the right transept, the Cimabue’s famous portrait of St. Francis, believed to be a close physical resemblance, shows him to the right of the enthroned Madonna.

  • The most cherished treasure in the Santa Croce Museum is Cimabue’s 13th-century massive Crucifixion, rescued and painstakingly restored after the town’s catastrophic 1966 flood.

  • But Assisi’s frescoes of the saint’s life, painted by Cimabue and disciples of Giotto (which barely survived the severe earthquake of 1997), proved an immensely effective act of artistic propaganda against the prevalent libertinism and heresy.


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