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Unit: Italy, 14th century

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A beginner's guide to the Late Gothic

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Remaking a fourteenth-century triptych
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Introduction to Late Gothic art
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The Black Death
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Gold-ground panel painting
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The Medieval and Renaissance Altarpiece
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Florence, the Late Gothic

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Florence in the Late Gothic period, an introduction
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Dante’s Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance art
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Cimabue, Santa Trinita Madonna
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Giotto, The Ognissanti Madonna
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Cimabue, Santa Trinita Madonna & Giotto's Ognissanti Madonna
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Giotto, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata
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Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel
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The Arena Chapel (and Giotto's frescos) in virtual reality
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Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel (part 1)
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Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel (part 2)
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Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel (part 3)
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Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel (part 4)
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Giotto, The Entombment of Mary
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A rare embroidery made for an altar at Santa Maria Novella
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Andrea Pisano's reliefs on the Campanile in Florence
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Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna (quiz)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Giotto, Arena Chapel Get 6 of 8 questions to level up!
Florence in the 1300sGet 6 of 8 questions to level up!

Siena, the Late Gothic

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Siena in the Late Gothic, an introduction
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Duccio, Maesta (front)
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Duccio, Maesta (back)
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Duccio, The Rucellai Madonna
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Duccio, The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Palazzo Pubblico frescos: Allegory and effect of good and bad government
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Lorenzetti, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
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Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin
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Simone Martini, Saint Louis of Toulouse
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Simone Martini, Annunciation
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Duccio, Maesta (quiz)Get 5 of 6 questions to level up!
Duccio, Rucellai Madonna (quiz)Get 3 of 3 questions to level up!
Lorenzetti, Allegory and Effect of Good and Bad Government (quiz)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Simone Martini's Annunciation (quiz)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Siena in the 1300sGet 7 of 10 questions to level up!

Pisa and Rome, the Late Gothic

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Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery; and Giovanni Pisano, Slaughter of the Innocents, Pulpit, Sant'Andrea church, Pistoia
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Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment
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Brought to you by Smarthistory. The art of Giotto and Duccio was once known as primitive, and useful only as a prelude to the Renaissance. However, recent scholarship allows us to study the brilliant artists of Florence and Siena in their own right.