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Taddeo Gaddi

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1300–1366 Also known as Taddeo Gaddi、塔代奥·加迪

Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1300–1366) was a 14th-century Florentine painter and one of Giotto's most distinguished pupils, known for narrative frescoes in Sant…

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  1. c. 1300–1330Florence · TuscanyTaddeo Gaddi came from a painter's family and worked for many years with Giotto in Florence and Padua on frescoes and altarpieces, mastering Giotto's three-dimensional modeling and narrative composition techniques.
  2. 1330–1348Florence · TuscanyAfter Giotto's death, Taddeo completed the unfinished frescoes of the Bardi Chapel, and between 1332 and 1338 painted the Life of the Virgin series for the Baroncelli Chapel, displaying a mature personal style through night scenes and architectural perspective.
  3. 1348–1366Florence · TuscanyIn his later years Taddeo continued to receive altarpiece and fresco commissions for churches in Florence and its surroundings; his workshop trained later painters, and his style fell between Giotto's realistic tradition and late Gothic decorative tendencies.

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