1300s in art

The decade of the 1300s in art involved some significant events.

Events

1303: Scrovegni Chapel begun in 1300, was completed. Giotto begins painting a fresco cycle there with scenes from the Old and New Testaments1305: Giotto completes the fresco cycle for the Scrovegni Chapel

Paintings

Births

* 1308: Orcagna - Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence (d. 1368)
* 1308: Wáng Méng - Chinese painter during the Yuan dynasty (d. 1385)
* 1302: Fang Congyi - Chinese painter in Yuan Dynasty (d. 1393)
* 1301: Ni Zan - Chinese artist considered to be one of the four "Late Yuan" masters (d. 1374)
* 1300: Peter Parler - German architect, best-known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague (d. 1399)
* 1300: Taddeo Gaddi - Italian painter and architect, active during the early Renaissance (d. 1366)
* 1300: Jean Pucelle - Parisian Gothic-era manuscript illuminator (d. 1355)
* 1300: Francesco Talenti - Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1369)

Deaths

* 1302: Cimabue - Italian painter and creator of mosaics from Florence (b. 1240)
* 1305: Qián Xuǎn - Chinese Song loyalist painter from Zhejiang during the Southern Song (b. 1235)