Medieval – General
Notable Medieval Artists (400-1400)
If you wish to be generally familiar with art history, here is a short list of artists you should know from this period.
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Movement(s) | Primary Medium | Representative Works |
Benedetto Antelami | ~1150 | ~1230 | Italian | Romanesque | Sculpture | Baptistery of Parma Deposition from the Cross |
Cimabue ND623 .C65 | ~1240 | 1302 | Italian (Florentine) | Italo-Byzantine Naturalism | Painting Mosaics | Crucifix Maestà of Santa Trinita |
Giotto di Bondone ND623 .G6 | 1266/7 | 1337 | Italian | Gothic | Painting Fresco | Life of St. Francis The Stefaneschi Triptych |
Gisela von Kerssenbrock | Unknown | by 1300 | German | Medieval | Illumination | Codex Gisle |
Pisano, Giovanni NB623 .P4 | ~1250 | ~1315 | Italian | Gothic | Painting Sculpture Architecture | Facade of Siena Cathedral Pulpit of Sant’ Andrea |
Pitsak, Sargis | Active 14th century | Armenian | Medieval | Illustration | Illuminated Bible | |
Theodoric of Prague | ~1330 | ~1381 | Bohemian | Gothic | Painting | Chapel of the Holy Cross at Karlstejn Castle |