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- adjective art In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
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Examples
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Seville, work which, in some respects, recalls the Giottesque paintings of the fourteenth century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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But, a host of individual geniuses and a cloud of admirable painters notwithstanding, the art of the fifteenth century was further from grace than that of the Giottesque painters of the fourteenth.
Art Clive Bell 1922
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Taddeo, trained by his master in the Giottesque manner, became its most patient champion, and practising an art that was in his hands little better than a craft, he finds himself understood, and when Giotto is not available very naturally takes his place.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922
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The following are some "Passions" of the Giottesque school, in chronological order:
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Inebriated, as it were, with this new liberty, the Giottesque painters covered Italy with innumerable paintings.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In this way painting was enabled to rise above the vulgar demands of a pious imagerie of the Giottesque type, and the dry and pedantic learning of Uccello and Andrea del Castagno.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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What is remarkable about these frescoes is not that they differ from many Giottesque works (nearly all the traditional ideas and customs have been followed), neither is it that the painter shows great skill, but he has a wholly new sense of grace and beauty, an innate gift of elegance and that inexpressible quality which we call
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Giottino, a crucifixion painted on a banner, Giottesque, if not
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Colonel Alingdon was ready to discuss by the hour the date of a Giottesque triptych, or the attribution of a disputed master; but on the history of his early life he was habitually silent.
The Letter 1904
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Colonel Alingdon was ready to discuss by the hour the date of a Giottesque triptych, or the attribution of a disputed master; but on the history of his early life he was habitually silent.
The Letter 1904
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