Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA

Duccio di Buoninsegna: translation

(ca. 1255-before 1319)
Sienese painter, a major representative of themaniera greca, or Byzantine style, of late medieval painting that prevailed in Italy during the 13th century and forms the background for the innovative style ofGiottothat traditional art historians regarded as the first great step toward Renaissance art. Duccio's best-known work is an altarpiece for the main altar of Siena cathedral, featuringThe Madonna Enthronedas its central panel and popularly called theMaestà(Majesty).

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  2. duccio di buoninsegna—Duccio di Buoninsegna translationactive Duccio was the leading figure of the Sienese School of painting. Little is known of his training. That he was temperamental is at...Dictionary of Renaissance art
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