Giovanni Cimabue (/ ˌ tʃ iː m ə ˈ b uː eɪ / CHEE-mə-BOO-ay, [1] Italian: [tʃimaˈbuːe]; c. 1240 – 1302), [2] also known as Cenni di Pepo [3] or Cenni di Pepi, [4] [5] was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence.

Cimabue (born before 1251—died 1302) was a painter and mosaicist, the last great Italian artist in the Byzantine style, which had dominated early medieval painting in Italy.

As the foremost Tuscan painter and mosaicist of his generation, Cimabue took the lead role in the transition from the medieval to modern era of Italian art.

Cimabue (Italian pronunciation: [tʃimaˈbuːe]; Ecclesiastical Latin: [t͡ʃiˈmaː.bu.e]; c. 1240 – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence.

Nov 14, 2021 · Cimabue was a pioneering Italian artist active in the 13th and early 14th century, known for his frescoes, panel paintings, and exquisite mosaics. Often considered one of the early pioneers of the Italian Renaissance, Cimabue’s life, work, and influence continues to be misrepresented or, perhaps, misunderstood.

Mar 3, 2025 · To the shock the art history community, that’s what exactly happened in 2019. One of Cimabue’s 700-year-old gold-ground panels was found hanging over a hotpot in an elderly French women’s ...

Cimabue (1240-1302) was a master Florentine painter and mosaicist, who was a pioneer in the artistic movement towards naturalism in his time. Cimabue introduced three-dimensional designs using the Romanesque approach, with Byzantine models and …

Cimabue , orig. Benciviene di Pepo, (born before 1251—died 1302), Florentine painter and mosaicist. He is documented as a master painter in Rome in 1272. It is assumed that he was apprenticed to an Italo-Byzantine painter, since he was strongly influenced by the Greek Byzantine style.

Noted as the last Italian painter of the Byzantine style, Cenni di Pepo, called Cimabue, is also credited with progressing art towards the naturalism seen in early Renaissance painting.

Cimabue was the last great painter working in the Byzantine tradition. He was born in c.1240 and died c.1302 and is well known as the master to his famous pupil Giotto. He was also a highly regarded Florentine painter in his own right and a creator of mosaics.