Virtually nothing is known about the life of Cenni di Pepo, better known as Cimabue (c. 1240-1302), the Florentine artist ...

Cimabue catalyzed the fleshy ... many early Italian paintings feature Arabic pseudo-inscriptions, drawing inspiration from objects and textiles imported from Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Water from a hailstorm leaked into the Musée du Louvre on Saturday (3 May), almost dripping on Cimabue’s Maestà, arguably the greatest early Western European painting. Dating from 1280-85 ...