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    As bad luck would have it, two of his most famous works were severely damaged by two differing natural disasters in two different cities. His life has been fully documented in a 16th century biography written by one of the first art historians of that country. Who was the artist, the biographer, and how did these pieces get damaged?

    Question #59292. Asked by peasypod. (Sep 10 05 4:43 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Well, this could be Cimabue, supposed master of Giotto and well-described in Giorgio Vasari's "Vite." His Santa Croce "Crucifixion was damaged in the 1966 flooding of the Arno in Florence. His frescoes in the Upper Church of San Francesco in Assisi were damaged in the earthquake of 1997.

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    Sep 10 05, 5:07 PM
    peasypod

    		That could be a yay, Frankie, Nice One.

    Oh, and by the way, contrary by popular belief the church did get destroyed in the summer of 97 by that earthquake and not because I happen to wander in it a couple days before...

    Sep 11 05, 12:26 AM
    lanfranco

    		I think I started that rumor ... ;)

    Sep 11 05, 3:52 PM

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