Madonna Enthroned
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Madonna Enthroned is a landmark early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a pivotal shift toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin Mary enthroned | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
altarpiece
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panel painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Madonna in Maestà
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ognissanti Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticSignificance |
breaks with Byzantine stylistic conventions
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demonstrates early use of three-dimensional space in panel painting ⓘ important precursor to the Italian Renaissance ⓘ landmark of early 14th-century Italian art ⓘ marks a pivotal shift toward naturalism in Italian painting ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Church of Ognissanti, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Italian ⓘ |
| currentCity | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Uffizi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ Child
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ angels ⓘ saints ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
ⓘ
religious art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
gold ground background
ⓘ
halos ⓘ hierarchically scaled figures ⓘ throne ⓘ |
| iconographicType | Maestà ⓘ |
| inception |
c. 1306
ⓘ
early 14th century ⓘ |
| inCollection | Gallerie degli Uffizi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationInMuseum | Uffizi Gallery, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
gold leaf
ⓘ
tempera ⓘ |
| movement |
Italian Renaissance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Renaissance ⓘ |
| originalFunction | altarpiece ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Church of Ognissanti, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Trecento ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| style |
Italo-Byzantine transition
ⓘ
early Renaissance naturalism ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Madonna and Child enthroned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| support | wood panel ⓘ |
| title | Madonna Enthroned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Virgin Mary enthroned