In October 2019, a panel depicting the mocking of Christ from an altarpiece by this artist was discovered hanging in an elderly French woman’s kitchen. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this artist of the Diptych of Devotion, of which only three of its original eight panels have been found. This Florentine artist also created the Santa Trinita Maestà and taught Giotto.
ANSWER: Cimabue (“chee-mah-BOO-ay”) [or Cenni di Pepi; or Cenno di Pepi]
[10e] One of these objects created by Cimabue (“chee-mah-BOO-ay”) for a basilica in Florence was damaged by a flood in 1966. Artworks of the Deposition depict Christ being taken down from one of these objects after his death.
ANSWER: crosses [or crucifixes; accept Crucifixion or Descent from the Cross]
[10h] A Cimabue (“chee-mah-BOO-ay”) crucifixion in this building has decayed so much that it now resembles a photographic negative. The Master of St. Cecilia may have helped create a series of 28 frescoes in this building depicting its namesake.
ANSWER: Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi [or Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; or Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis] (The fresco series is Giotto’s Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis.)
<Steven Yuan, Visual Fine Arts>