- Francesco Traini
Francesco Traini was an Italian painter who was demonstrably active from 1321 to approx. 1365 in
Pisa andBologna .He appears to have been a follower of
Andrea Orcagna . There is only one work known to be by Traini: in 1345 he signed and dated apolyptych of the Pisan church S. Caterina, showingSaint Dominic and eight hagiographic scenes (now in the Museo Nazionale, Pisa). Most scholars attribute many of the hugefrescoes of theCamposanto Monumentale in Pisa to Traini, including the "Last Judgement", "Inferno", "Legends of the Hermits" and, the famous "Il Trionfo della Morte" (the Triumph of Death). Other scholars attribute this last work toBuonamico Buffalmacco .The "Trionfo della Morte" (after 1350) is considered one of the finest and most powerful artworks of the
Trecento as it displays the merciless omnipresence of death. It represents- like the earliest examples ofTotentanz paintings which were contemporary in Germany - as a reaction to the horrors of theblack death in the late 1340s.The frescoes of the Camposanto were unfortunately either severely damaged or destroyed by Allied air raids in
World War II .References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 582| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
*John White: "Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400". Pelican History of Art 1993
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