Smarthistory – Beginner’s guide:Florence in the Late Gothic

The city-state of Florence in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries was a city on the rise.

1300s

Art and architecture helped define the relationships between individuals and the bewildering array of civic, professional, and religious institutions that made up the fabric of Florentine society.

Florence in the Late Gothic period, an introduction

By Dr. Joanna Milk Mac Farland

Boom times in Florence saw a rise in art commissions, and the Italo-Byzantine style yielded to Giotto’s naturalism.

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Dante’s Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance art

Dante’s <em>Divine Comedy</em> in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance art

By Matt Collins

Dante’s vision of Hell inspired generations of artists—and his words still feed imaginations today.

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Beginner’s guide:
Florence in the Late Gothic

Florence in the Late Gothic period, an introduction

Dante’s Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance art

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