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Artists You Should Know: Medieval

Lists, facts, dates, links, and more, organized by period/movement

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 .L5	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 ND623 .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

Medieval Artists (400-1400)

If you are a student of Art or Art History, here is a more detailed 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 .L5	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 ND623 .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