Duccio - Wikipedia
Duccio di Buoninsegna (UK: / ˈduːtʃioʊ / DOO-chee-oh, [1] Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century.
Duccio | Italian Painter & Master of Sienese School | Britannica
Duccio was one of the greatest Italian painters of the Middle Ages and the founder of the Sienese school. In Duccio’s art, the formality of the Italo-Byzantine tradition, strengthened by a clearer understanding of its evolution from classical roots, is fused with the new spirituality of the Gothic.
Duccio - 135 artworks - painting - WikiArt.org
Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian: [ˈduttʃo di ˌbwɔninˈseɲɲa]; c. 1255–1260 – c. 1318–1319) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in …
Duccio di Buoninsegna - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Duccio di Buoninsegna Italian. ca. 1290–1300. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 999. This lyrical work inaugurates the tradition in Italian art of envisioning the Madonna and Child in terms appropriated from real life.
The Shimmering Art of Duccio, a Master of Medieval Panel …
Mar 13, 2020 · Today, Duccio is regarded as one of the Middle Ages' most groundbreaking artists. Here, we take a look at the life and work of the figure in order to grasp the significance of his artistic contributions—both in Italy and beyond.
Duccio di Buoninsegna - National Gallery of Art
Biography. The greatest exponent of Sienese painting between the last quarter of the thirteenth and the first two decades of the fourteenth century, Duccio is documented for the first time in the role of painter in 1278, when he was paid by the Comune of Siena for the decoration of twelve coffers (casse) for the conservation of documents.
Maestà (Duccio) - Wikipedia
The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio, is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in Tuscany in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna [1] and is his most famous work. [2]
Smarthistory – Duccio, Maestà
Duccio was the founder of the Sienese style and his work was quite different from the Florentine painter Giotto. Giotto emphasized a greater naturalism—creating figures who are more monumental (large, heavy and with a greater sense of accurate proportion).
Duccio and the Origins of Western Painting \ [adapted from ...
Duccio, who died in 1318, has long been recognized as the father of Sienese painting, and he fostered a new generation of talented and innovative painters. In art history textbooks, however, his considerable contribution to European painting is often overshadowed by the work of his contemporary Giotto.