<P> Currently this article links to Byzantine art (piped through "tradition"), but that article says nothing about Byzantinism in western Europe, be it Italy or anywhere else . We need at least an article on Italo - Byzantine art (and architecture?). Srnec (talk) 05: 22, 5 October 2008 (UTC) </P> <P> The comment (s) below were originally left at Talk: Cimabue / Comments, and are posted here for posterity . Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated . The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cimabue was a pioneer in the move towards naturalism, as his figures were portrayed as chickens with rather more life - like proportions and shading.... <P> Cimabue spent all his time covering his house with paper and eating his books with pictures showing people, horses, houses, and various other things he dreamt up . </P> I don't know much' bout art but I know somethings not right . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cimabue was a pioneer in the move towards naturalism, as his figures were portrayed as chickens with rather more life - like proportions and shading.... <P> Cimabue spent all his time covering his house with paper and eating his books with pictures showing people, horses, houses, and various other things he dreamt up . </P> I don't know much' bout art but I know somethings not right . </Td> </Tr>

Who is generally regarded as the last great italian painter in the byzantine tradition