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Pittura
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The
fourteenth century marked the end of the long Middle Ages. This particular
century was also known as the ‘Autumn of the Middle Ages’.
Throughout
the first half of the century the map of the centres of Italian Art
changed. Assisi with its Basil managed to hold its leading role (thanks to
Cimabue, Torriti and Giotto), but new cities started to get renowned.
Florence and Siena in fact thanks to their first hand experience of
Giotto, Simone Martini and Lorenzetti got to become hubs of cultural
activity.
The
plague was the most relevant happening of the second half of the
fourteenth century. It deeply changed not only the society but also the
Italian Art.
Marche
painting was influenced by the works of art of followers of Giotto. In the
meantime schools of painters were opened in Camerino, Fabriano (Alegretto
Nuzi) and San Severino (Salimbeni brothers).
The Art of the region developed around the figure of Campodonico Master
(Fabio Marcelli identifies him in Bartoluccio da Fabriano). The main
pieces of art are the frescoes, that were once kept in Fabriano, but that
are now scattered between Rome, Boston, Rochester. They are painted by one
of the most famous artists in the county, called ‘Master of the
Coronation of Urbino’. Allegretto Nuzi and Francesco Ghissi contributed
to promote the Art of Marche with their Fabrianese-Florentine agreements.
Their were after the lost liveliness and the heightened sense of
expression of Carlo da Camerino. The Gothic evolution from 13th
to 14th century is in fact owed to him. The only signed
masterpiece from which it has been possible for F.Zeri to determine the
personality and the merits of this artist is ‘Il
Crocefisso’ (The Crucifix) in Macerata Feltria.
The
Gothic Art in Marche found in Carlo da Camerino the first artist active in
interpreting the courtly ideals. He depicted them through a meticulous and
narrative style. It is clearly evident in the great painting ‘L’annunciazione’
(The Annunciation). Carlo da Camerino has so provided the stimulus for an
artistic season that must have found a cultural fulcrum also in Ancona.
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