The Life and Identity of Cimabue In the bustling streets of Florence, Italy, a man named Giovanni Cimabue began his life around 1240. He was known to many by the names Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, names that belonged to a man destined to shape the visual language of his age. He was a painter and a designer of mosaics, a craftsman whose hands worked with both the delicate brush and the enduring stone. His spirit was said to be stron…
Scroll through Cimabue's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Cimabue's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.