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[[Image:Giusto de' menabuoi, paradiso (detail), 1376-78, battistero di Padova.jpg|thumb|''[[Paradise]]'', Padua Baptistry's frescoed dome, detail (1375–1378)]]
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'''Giusto de' Menabuoi''' (c. 1320–1391) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. He was born in [[Florence]].
'''Giusto de' Menabuoi''' (c. 1320–1391) was an Italian painter of the [[early Renaissance]]. He was born in te [[Republic of Florence]].


Probably, but not confirmed as, a pupil of [[Giotto]], de' Menabuoi was notable for his use of bright colour and became a painter at the court of [[Carraresi|Da Carrara]]. Pursuing his own archaic style, far removed from Gothic style and realism of his contemporaries [[Altichiero]] and [[Jacopo d'Avanzi]], he was to leave no trace in the development of subsequent [[Venetian school (art)|Venetian painting]].<ref>{{cite book |author=F. Flores d'Arcais |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giusto-de-menabuoi_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Medievale) |title=GIUSTO de' Menabuoi |work=Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale |year=1996 |publisher=[[Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana]] |language=it}}</ref>
He was likely a pupil of [[Giotto]] but this is not definitive. De' Menabuoi was known for his use of colour and became a court painter for [[Carraresi|Da Carrara]]. His style was individual, with no links to the realism of his contemporaries [[Altichiero]] and [[Jacopo d'Avanzi]], and he had no influence on the later development of [[Venetian school (art)|Venetian painting]].<ref>{{cite book |author=F. Flores d'Arcais |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giusto-de-menabuoi_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Medievale) |title=GIUSTO de' Menabuoi |work=Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale |year=1996 |publisher=[[Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana]] |language=it}}</ref>


In Lombardy he executed a fresco of the ''Last Judgement ''in the [[Abbey of Viboldone]], [[Milan]]. He then moved to [[Padua]] where he completed frescos in the [[Church of the Eremitani]], the [[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua]] and most notably at the [[Padua Baptistery|Baptistery of the Padua Duomo]].
In Lombardy he executed a fresco of the ''Last Judgement ''in the [[Abbey of Viboldone]], [[Milan]] and some frescoes, now very ruined, preserved inside the porch of the [[Visconti Castle (Pavia)|Visconti Castle]] of [[Pavia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cairati |first1=Carlo |title=Pavia viscontea. La capitale regia nel rinnovamento della cultura figurativa lombarda. Vol. 1: castello tra Galeazzo II e Gian Galeazzo (1359–1402) |date=2021 |publisher=Scalpendi Editore |location=Milano |isbn=979-1-25955018-7 |pages=181–184 |url=https://www.academia.edu/44973394 |language=it}}</ref> He then moved to [[Padua]] where he completed frescos in the [[Church of the Eremitani]], the [[Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua]] and most notably at the [[Padua Baptistery|Baptistery of the Padua Duomo]].


Between 1375 and 1378 he executed the fresco decoration of the Baptistery of the Padua Duomo, commissioned by Fina Buzzaccarini, wife of [[Francesco I da Carrara]], who intended to use the building as the family mausoleum. Compared with his earlier work, the frescoes show [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] and [[Byzantine art|Byzantine]] orderliness, such as in the great Paradise of the dome, where the scene is organized around a [[Christ Pantocrator]], surrounded by a hypnotic geometric pattern of angels and saints whose halos, arranged in neat rows, appear from below as some kind of magnificent jewellery.
Between 1375 and 1378 he undertook decoration of the Padua Duomo Baptistery, for Fina Buzzaccarini, wife of [[Francesco I da Carrara]], who planned to use the building as the family mausoleum. Diverging from his earlier work, the frescoes show [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] and [[Byzantine art|Byzantine]] influences, such as in the dome, where a [[Christ Pantocrator]] is surrounded by a geometric pattern of angels and saints.


Giusto de' Menabuoi died in Padua and his burial site was re-discovered outside the Baptistry.{{cn|date=February 2017}}
Giusto de' Menabuoi died in Padua and his burial site was re-discovered outside the Baptistry.{{cn|date=February 2017}}
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Paradise, Padua Baptistry's frescoed dome, detail (1375–1378)
Cappella del beato Luca Belludi Sant'Antonio (Padua)

Giusto de' Menabuoi (c. 1320–1391) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. He was born in te Republic of Florence.

He was likely a pupil of Giotto but this is not definitive. De' Menabuoi was known for his use of colour and became a court painter for Da Carrara. His style was individual, with no links to the realism of his contemporaries Altichiero and Jacopo d'Avanzi, and he had no influence on the later development of Venetian painting.[1]

In Lombardy he executed a fresco of the Last Judgement in the Abbey of Viboldone, Milan and some frescoes, now very ruined, preserved inside the porch of the Visconti Castle of Pavia.[2] He then moved to Padua where he completed frescos in the Church of the Eremitani, the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua and most notably at the Baptistery of the Padua Duomo.

Between 1375 and 1378 he undertook decoration of the Padua Duomo Baptistery, for Fina Buzzaccarini, wife of Francesco I da Carrara, who planned to use the building as the family mausoleum. Diverging from his earlier work, the frescoes show Romanesque and Byzantine influences, such as in the dome, where a Christ Pantocrator is surrounded by a geometric pattern of angels and saints.

Giusto de' Menabuoi died in Padua and his burial site was re-discovered outside the Baptistry.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ F. Flores d'Arcais (1996). GIUSTO de' Menabuoi (in Italian). Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Cairati, Carlo (2021). Pavia viscontea. La capitale regia nel rinnovamento della cultura figurativa lombarda. Vol. 1: castello tra Galeazzo II e Gian Galeazzo (1359–1402) (in Italian). Milano: Scalpendi Editore. pp. 181–184. ISBN 979-1-25955018-7.
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