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Compare And Contrast Cimabue And Giotto

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Cimabue and Giotto were both very well known artists that both painted the Virgin and Child Enthroned. They both have the same meaning and the same subject. The Virgin and Child Enthroned have Madonna and Christ and it had the angels and the prophets. Comparing both of the artworks, they both have a different style. Cimabue and Giotto painting have a great symbolism behind their paintings and what it means for them. Comparing both of the paintings, Cimabue is the first Italian painter that created the Renaissance style of the Virgin and Child Enthroned in Florence, Italy in 1280 which was twelve feet tall and was created with a wood panel and gold. The gold was flattened and glued down onto the painting. The gold that was all over the painting …show more content…

There is a lot of space and viewpoints that go around all areas of the painting. Another artist that recreated the painting was Cimabue. He recreated Virgin and Child Enthroned in 1305 through 1310, we see that there are many illusions and multiple viewpoints in the picture. Giotto painting of the Virgin and Child Enthroned was a very exaggerated when it comes to size. Mary is very massive and big, Mary's hips were very wide and Madonna looks very realistic compared to Cimabue painting. The prophets in the painting of Giotto all the prophets were positioned different and all the angels and prophets are looking at Mary and Jesus and the prophets are all behind the angels. The angles and the prophets were facing towards Mary and Jesus that represents humbleness and respect to Mary because both Mary and Jesus are holy. Madonna has Jesus sitting down on her lap and it looks very natural the way Jesus is positioned. Cimabue painting of Jesus sitting down in Mary's lap he looks very stiff and is positioned straight. Both paintings are so wonderful and unique they are quite similar to each other but have a different tradition and culture value behind it and both having a different way of recreating the painting of the Virgin and Child

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