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Which early Renaissance painter's charcoal underdrawings, hidden for roughly 700 years, were uncovered during restoration of the Arena Chapel frescoes?
Answer
Giotto
Giotto painted the Arena Chapel's fresco cycle around 1305, and later restoration work revealed his hidden charcoal sketches, used to lay out the architectural framing of the scenes.
💡 Did you know?
Workers restoring Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes in Padua discovered the artist had sketched detailed architectural guidelines in charcoal that remained hidden for 700 years.
Other options people guess
- Cimabue
- Masaccio
- Fra Angelico
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- giotto
- fresco-restoration
- art-history
- padua
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