SPINELLO See also:

• ARETINO, PIETRO (1492-1556)

ARETINO (c. 1330-c. 1410)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian painter, the son of a Florentine named Luca, who had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo in 1310 when exiled with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Ghibelline party, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Arezzo about 1330 . Spinello was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Jacopo di Casentino, a follower of See also:

• GIOTTO

Giotto, and his own See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was a sort of See also:

• LINK

link between the school of Giotto and that of See also:

• SIENA

Siena . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life he worked in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence as an assistant to his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master Jacopo while See also:

• PAINTING

painting frescoes in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the See also:

• CARMINE

Carmine and in Sta Maria Novella . Between 136o and 1384 he was occupied in painting many frescoes in and near Arezzo, almost all of which have now perished . After the See also:

• SACK

sack of Arezzo in 1384 Spinello returned to Florence, and in 1387-1388 with some assistants covered the walls and vault of the See also:

• SACRISTY (through Fr. sacrist-le, from med. Lat. sacristies or sacristina)

sacristy of S .. Miniato near Florence with a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of frescoes, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which represent scenes from the life of St See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict . These still exist, though in a sadly restored See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition; they are very Giotto-like in See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, but have some of the Siena decorative brilliance of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . In 1301-1392 Spinello was painting six frescoes, which still remain on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of the See also:

• PISAN, CHRISTINE DE (1364-c. 1430)

Pisan Campo Santo, representing miracles of St Potitus and St See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus . For these he received 270 See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold florins . Among his later See also:

• WORKS

works the chief are the very See also:

• FINE

fine series of frescoes painted in 1407-1408 on the walls and vault of a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in the municipal buildings of Siena; these also have suffered much from repainting, but still are the finest of Spinello's existing frescoes . Sixteen of these represent the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa against the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . Spinello died at Arezzo about 1410 .

Spinello's frescoes are all strong and highly decorative works, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn with much spirit, and are very See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior in style to his See also:

• PANEL (O. Fr. panel, mod. panneau, piece of cloth, from Med. Lat. pannellus, diminutive of pannus, cloth)

panel pictures, many, of which appear to be See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere bottega productions . The See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of Florence possesses a panel of the " Madonna and See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints," which is chiefly interesting for its See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature—" Hoc See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus pinxit Spinellus Luce Aritio D.I.A.(1391)." The easel pictures which are to be found in the various galleries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe give little or no notion of Spinello's See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power as a painter .