Italian Gothic Painting: Giotto and the Florentine Transition (c.1300–1360)

1. Byzantine-Gothic models dominate Tuscan altarpieces

   Apr 15, 1285Labels: Tuscan altarpieces, Byzantine models

   • Uffizi Duccio
   • UMich VRC

2. Giotto paints the signed St. Francis Stigmata panel

   Jan 1, 1295Labels: Giotto, St Francis

   • Louvre panel

3. Giotto begins Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel fresco cycle

   Mar 25, 1303Labels: Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto

   • Scrovegni Chapel
   • Arena Chapel notes

4. Scrovegni Chapel is consecrated, frescoes largely complete

   Mar 25, 1305Labels: Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto

   • Arena Chapel notes
   • Scrovegni Chapel

5. Giotto’s Ognissanti Madonna advances Florentine panel painting

   Jan 1, 1310Labels: Ognissanti Madonna, Giotto

   • Uffizi guide
   • UMich VRC

6. Giotto establishes major fresco cycles at Santa Croce

   Jan 1, 1320Labels: Santa Croce, Giotto

   • Britannica

7. Giotto moves to Naples under Robert of Anjou

   Jan 1, 1329Labels: Naples court, Giotto

   • Giotto bio

8. Florence appoints Giotto master of cathedral works

   Apr 14, 1334Labels: Florence cathedral, Giotto

   • WGA Campanile

9. Maso di Banco frescoes show Giotto’s influence at Santa Croce

   Jan 1, 1335Labels: Maso di, Santa Croce

   • WGA Maso

10. Giotto dies, leaving a strong Florentine workshop legacy

    Jan 1, 1337Labels: Giotto, Florentine workshop

    • UMich VRC
    • Britannica

11. Taddeo Gaddi frescoes expand Giottesque storytelling

    Jan 1, 1338Labels: Taddeo Gaddi, Baroncelli Chapel

    • Baroncelli Chapel

12. Bernardo Daddi paints Orsanmichele’s revered Madonna

    Jan 1, 1347Labels: Bernardo Daddi, Orsanmichele

    • Orsanmichele
    • Florence As It

13. Black Death strikes Florence, disrupting art and patronage

    Mar 1, 1348Labels: Black Death, Florence

    • Black Death Italy
    • Plague Art

14. Orcagna’s Strozzi Altarpiece marks a mature mid-century synthesis

    Jan 1, 1357Labels: Orcagna, Strozzi Altarpiece

    • Wikimedia file
    • EBSCO Orcagna

15. Orcagna completes the Orsanmichele tabernacle as a civic-religious monument

    Jan 1, 1359Labels: Orcagna, Orsanmichele tabernacle

    • WGA Tabernacle
    • Orsanmichele