BYZANTINE ART

Byzantine Art

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Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine Empire from about the 4th century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

Guido of Siena

Apr 28, 1201

Guido of Siena also known as Guido di Graziano, was an Italian Byzantine style painter of the 13th century. He may have made significant advances in the techniques of painting, much as Cimabue much later accomplished. However, there is some debate about this.

Coppo Di Marcovaldo

Apr 27, 1225

Italian painter, one of the earliest about whom there is a body of documented knowledge. He served in the army of Florence and settled in Siena after his capture at the Battle of Montaperti (1260). In 1261 he painted the signed and dated Madonna and Child Enthroned (called the Madonna del Bordone) for the Servite church at Siena, and in 1274 he and his son Salerno painted a Crucifix for Pistoia Cathedral; both paintings still remain in their original locations

Cimabue

Apr 28, 1240

Cenni di Pepo Cimabue also known as Bencivieni di Pepo or in modern Italian, Benvenuto di Giuseppe, was an Italian painter and creator of mosaics from Florence.
Cimabue is generally regarded as the last great Italian painter working in the Byzantine tradition. The art of this period comprised scenes and forms that appeared relatively flat and highly stylized

Pietro Cavallini

Apr 27, 1250

Pietro Cavallini worked mostly in Rome as a painter and mosaic designer. He is credited with two mosaics, Life of the Virgin and Last Judgment, located in Rome. In 1308, he was summoned to Naples by Charles II of Anjou. According to the records of his son, Cavallini lived to 100 years.

Margarito d’Arezzo

Apr 27, 1250

Little is known of Margaritone's life. The only documentary record of his existence dates from 1262, when he lived in Arezzo. However, a fair number of his works are known to survive; unusually for the time, most are signed. Their nature and distribution indicate that Margaritone was much in demand as an artist, both in Arezzo and throughout Tuscany. Outside Italy, his fame rests mainly on his entry in Giorgio Vasari's The Lives of the Artists

Master of Saint Francis

Apr 28, 1260

Master of Saint Francis was an anonymous Italian painter, whose works of art date back to 1260–1280. This painter of frescoes and panels and, perhaps, designer of stained glass in the district around Perugia, Umbria, Italy, was named by Thode after a panel of St. Francis with Angels in Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, Umbria.

Ugolino di Nerio

Apr 27, 1280

Ugolino di Nerio was an Italian painter active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.
He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived. He was a leading master who contributed to the spread of Sienese painting in Florence by earning commissions to paint in the two main basilicas there, Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce.

Pietro Lorenzetti

Apr 28, 1280

Pietro Lorenzetti was an Italian painter, active between approximately 1306 and 1345.
He was born and died in Siena. He was influenced by Giovanni Pisano and Giotto, and worked alongside Simone Martini at Assisi. He and his brother, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, helped introduce naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, they foreshadowed the art of the Renaissance.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Apr 27, 1290

Ambrogio Lorenzetti was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active between approximately 1317 to 1348. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti.
His work shows the influence of Simone Martini, although more naturalistic. The earliest dated work of the Sienese painter is a Madonna and Child (1319, Museo Diocesano, San Casciano). His presence was documented in Florence up until 1321. He would return there after spending a number of years in Siena.

Lippo Memmi

Apr 28, 1291

Born in Siena, Lippo Memmi was the brother-in-law and a follower of Simone Martini. Together, they painted the Annunciation in 1333 and both signed it, although it is unclear as to how much participation each artist had in its creation. Memmi’s work displays talent in draughtsmanship and modelling.

Andrea Di Orcagna

Apr 28, 1308

Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. A student of Andrea Pisano as well as Giotto di Bondone, his younger brothers Jacopo di Cione and Nardo di Cione were also artists. The di Cione (pronounced dee choh’ nay) brothers often worked collaboratively.

Onufri

Apr 28, 1501

Little is known with certainty about Onufri's life and his existence only emerged in the early 20th century, through the work of Viktoria Pusanova.
He was born in the early 16th century, just after the Ottoman defeat of Skanderbeg and conquest of Albania. In the climate of the time, the painting of Christian icons can be seen as an act to restore pre-Ottoman culture. He was active in Berat until 1547. Then he worked in both Berat and Kastoria (Greece) and in 1555, in Shelcan near Elbasan.