The Rise of the Court Artist: Cavallini and Giotto in Fourteenth‐Century Naples

Warr, Cordelia (editor) / Elliott, Janis (editor) / Fleck, Cathleen A. (author)

Art and Architecture in Naples, 1266–1713 ; 38-61

2010-02-12

24 pages

9781405198615 , 9781444324389

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444324389.ch3

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

rise of court artists ‐ Cavallini and Giotto in fourteenth‐century Naples , ‘nationalist language,’ working within kingdom of Naples ‐ authority of Angevin kings , Giorgio Vasari's The Lives of the Artists ‐ in mid‐sixteenth century , Giotto's level of involvement in uomini famosi ‐ hinting at Giotto's importance as king's visual ambassador , Cavallini and Giotto's careers, as court artists in fourteenth‐century Naples , understanding Cavallini at the court of Naples ‐ history of his status among other artists of his time , Lorenzo Ghiberti, presenting a high opinion ‐ of Roman painter and mosaicist Pietro Cavallini , first archival mention of Cavallini in Naples ‐ regarding King Charles II, 1308 , Cavallini's Roman style, in Neapolitan painting ‐ Giotto, and his Florentine artistic language into city , Naples, political and geographical position ‐ and its artistic climate