Giottesqueadj.n.
/dʒɒˈtɛsk/ A. adj.
Resembling the style of the Tuscan painter Giotto (13–14th centuries).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist
Titianic1739
Titianesque1771
Raphaelesque1772
Michelangelesquea1806
Raphaelic1817
Peruginesque1842
Raphaelite1855
Leonardesque1864
Perugian1864
Botticellian1880
Giottesque1880
Titian1886
Holbeinesque1895
Botticellesque1901
Verrocchian1902
Giorgionesque1906
Orcagnesque1910
Caravaggiesque1925
Verrocchiesque1933
1880 E. Lee-Hamilton God's Saints & Men Pref. 6 A half effaced giottesque fresco.
B. n.
The style founded by Giotto; also, an artist belonging to the school, or imitating the style, of Giotto.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [noun] > styles of specific artists
Raphaelism1848
Raphaelitism1851
Pre-Raphaelism1852
Giottesque1854
Michelangelism1883
1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. iii. 159 This whole range of landscape may be conveniently classed in three divisions, namely Giottesque, Leonardesque, and Titianesque; the Giottesque embracing nearly all the work of the 14th..century.
1864 J. A. Crowe & G. B. Cavalcaselle New Hist. Painting Italy I. 386 It would be difficult to say in what respect this poor Giottesque differs as to quality from the older art which was previously called Byzantine.
1864 J. A. Crowe & G. B. Cavalcaselle New Hist. Painting Italy II. 1 (heading) Declining school of Giottesques.
1896 Advance (Chicago) 20 Aug. 253 Giotto..became the greatest artist of his time, and the founder of quite a new style of paintings called the Giottesque.
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