This huge panel hints at the coming Renaissance, but the figures remain weightless and their features, elongated. Cimabue, Santa Trinita Madonna and Child Enthroned by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Only decades apart—but what a difference. Next to Giotto’s substantial Virgin, Cimabue’s appears flat yet elegant. Cimabue and Giotto compared by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris