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DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA

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"[b, Siro", pair/un bad a r"",lrJ:abk fo<lingfor colour and ill",

;m,"m" drnm"i:~ ,}ill ruth in p",uming and lb. applialtion "f gold

Tht! ",nlnlIT ivM:.Y'" ,b, painting of lb. hi,lxJp) fa" and biTt''''m'''tJ

j, in lb. Brdlmi1U rtyl.

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"""in (~ lluonin.<egn' ,,",-< the carlies, OnCe ItJr refusing II) s ....... r .lIegianet: II) the local

"""'tt of the Sicnc'" sch()(~. Like ",iii,;., and "vin for refusi ng to fight in

C h , .. !.u" of Flo"'nce. he ",."". "'.",nun •. N""<T,hc::I"". Ducc;osrtl1l< to "",,,

RcnaiSS3.ntt fo",runner, his art marking" had considerahle StatuS :IS owner of a large

t"'n,it;on !i-,." lIyunti"" to G,.hic. Loren>ctti house and ,-in",."1r<ls.

and ,\brtini would build on his lepcy by On one glorious occasion in Illl, the enti",

d{ .... d ,1'ing the Intl:rnational G,.hic style. city st0l''''] "",1 to """""I"ny the Mami) in

Little is .ctually Imown .hout Duecio, procession thmugh the '"t''''' fnll" Duccio"s

though "'ntCl"I,,"'a,y ",,,,,ds ",,-cal he had studio to the '"1the<lral. where the bdls rlng

se",n chi~]r"", oCCJ.,;jon.lI,.. rln inn, ddll, and "'ntinuousl,... Ironically coough ~" the ",an

""",,,itt,,] ",i,.." ci,ic OffL"TlttS. lie ,,"1' fined who would not exch.nge a I",intbru,h ~" a