Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica

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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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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 ⓘ
Franciscan Order ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Cimabue ⓘ
culturalContext Italian medieval church decoration ⓘ
depictionType Maestà (enthroned Madonna) composition ⓘ
linked to: Maestà
depicts Madonna and Child ⓘ
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 ⓘ
inception late 13th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Assisi ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
location Upper Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi ⓘ
mainSubject Christ Child ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus

Virgin Mary ⓘ
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 ⓘ
usedFor veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
visual catechesis ⓘ

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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi → hasArtwork → Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica ⓘ
Frederic Leighton → notableWork → Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence ⓘ
linked to: Cimabue’s Maestà in the Upper Basilica