The Legacy of Giotto covers painting, sculpture, illumination and decorative objects created by the Giotteschi (pupils and followers of Giotto di Bondone) for a 35-year period after the death of the father of the Florentine School. Though these were long thought to be artistically bleak and barren decades, this exhibition--which re-examines the output of artists Taddeo and Bernardo Daddi, Maso di Banco, Andrea and Nardo di Cione, and Giottino (among others)--disproves that long-held theory. We learn instead that these artists spent the years 1340-75 busily building on Giotto's groundbreaking work, and paving the way to a unique "Late Gothic" Florentine style.
The Legacy of Giotto: Art in Florence 1340-1375 was on view at the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence from June 10 through December 8, 2008 (the latter date was extended; originally November 2). Key loans from European and North American museums augmented the exhibition.
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