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Pietro Cavallini
Pietro Cavallini
(Pietro del Cerroni) (b c. 1240; d after c. 1330).
Italian painter
and mosaicist. He was a member of the ancient Roman family of the Cerroni. He
worked for most of his life in Rome and is associated chiefly with the
large-scale works in fresco and mosaic that he carried out in many of the city’s
basilicas and churches. His importance is founded on three interrelated factors.
First, his style displays a new vision of the human figure and, as he was active
in Rome before Giotto, it is probable that the new style Giotto brought to
Tuscan art was indebted to Cavallini. Second, he reached artistic maturity at a
time when the papacy, from the reign of Nicholas III (1277–80) onwards, was
re-establishing its presence in Rome by the institution of large-scale artistic
projects, so providing artists with opportunities to produce influential work on
a monumental and prominent scale; and third, he is the first medieval artist
whose identity and personality are known.
Pietro Cavallini
The Apostles
Pietro Cavallini
The Birth of Jesus, 1292
Sta Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Pietro Cavallini
Annunciation, 1292
Sta Maria in Trastevere, Rome
IL CAVALLINI
Pietro del Cerroni, known as II Cavallini (active 1273-1321), was
a Roman designer of mosaics, such as the Life of the Virgin, in
Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rome, and painter of frescos, such as those
in Santa Cecilia, also in Trastevere. In 1308, he worked in Naples
for Charles II, and was considered to be the major exponent of
artistic renewal in his time. The sense of three-dimensionality in
his work and supple treatment of surfaces constitute an important
break with tradition.
Pietro Cavallini
The Apostles
Pietro Cavallini
Nativity, 1292
Sta Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Pietro Cavallini
The Last Judgement, 1292
Sta Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Pietro Cavallini
Crucifixion, 1308
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