Cimabue

[ chee-mah-boo-e ]

/ ˌtʃi mɑˈbu ɛ /

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noun

Gio·van·ni

[jaw-vahn-nee], /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/, Cenni di Pepo, c1240–1302?, Italian painter and mosaicist.

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Words nearby Cimabue

cill, Cilla, Çiller, Ciluba, CIM, Cimabue, Cimarosa, cimarron, cimbalom, Cimbri, cimelia

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How to use Cimabue in a sentence

No noted painter arose until Cimabue, in the middle of the thirteenth century.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI|John Lord
The transepts are terminated by two apsidal chapels with mosaics in the semi-domes said to be designed by Cimabue.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins
He painted in the dry, Gothic style of the immediate followers of Cimabue.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society|anonymous
The windows of painted glass are of the very first order, and of surpassing beauty, nearly entire, and attributed to Cimabue.
Barn and the Pyrenees|Louisa Stuart Costello

He had worked with Cimabue, the father of Italian art, and had been chum of Giotto, to whom all cherubim and seraphim trace.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for Cimabue

Cimabue

/ (Italian tʃimaˈbuːe) /

noun

Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1240–?1302, Italian painter of the Florentine school, who anticipated the movement, led by Giotto, away from the Byzantine tradition in art towards a greater naturalism

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