Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica

E702259

Marian painting fresco religious artwork

Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica is a monumental late 13th-century fresco of the Madonna and Child with angels and saints, considered a key work in the transition from Byzantine to early Italian Renaissance painting.

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Label	Occurrences
Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence	1
Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marian painting ⓘ fresco ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Cimabue’s monumental style ⓘ influential on later Italian painters ⓘ key work in the transition from Byzantine to early Italian Renaissance painting ⓘ
associatedWith	Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi NERFINISHED ⓘ Franciscan Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
creator	Cimabue NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Italian medieval church decoration ⓘ
depictionType	Maestà (enthroned Madonna) composition NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	Madonna and Child NERFINISHED ⓘ angels ⓘ enthroned Virgin Mary ⓘ hieratic court of angels ⓘ saints ⓘ standing saints ⓘ
function	devotional image ⓘ liturgical context decoration ⓘ
genre	Christian art ⓘ Italo-Byzantine painting ⓘ
hasType	monumental wall painting ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Christ as child king ⓘ Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	late 13th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Assisi NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ Umbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Upper Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Christ Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	fresco technique ⓘ
movement	Proto-Renaissance ⓘ early Italian Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor	combination of Byzantine formality with increased spatial awareness ⓘ large scale composition ⓘ
partOf	decoration cycle of the Upper Basilica of San Francesco ⓘ
period	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
style	Byzantine-influenced ⓘ emerging naturalism ⓘ
timePeriod	Duecento (1200s) Italian art ⓘ
title	Maestà NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ visual catechesis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi → hasArtwork → Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica ⓘ

Frederic Leighton → notableWork → Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence