Editing Cimabue (section)

==Character==
According to Vasari, quoting a contemporary of Cimabue, "Cimabue of Florence was a painter who lived during the author's own time, a nobler man than anyone knew but he was as a result so haughty and proud that if someone pointed out to him any mistake or defect in his work, or if he had noted any himself ... he would immediately destroy the work, no matter how precious it might be."<ref name=GV>{{cite book|last=Vasari|first=Giorgio|title=Lives of the Artists, 1550|year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-281754-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/livesofartists0000vasa/page/13 13]|url=https://archive.org/details/livesofartists0000vasa/page/13}}</ref>

The nickname Cimabue translates as "bull-head" but also possibly as "one who crushes the views of others", from the Italian verb ''cimare'', meaning "to top", "to shear", and "to blunt". The conclusion for the second meaning is drawn from similar commentaries on Dante, who was also known "for being contemptuous of criticism".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T017771?q=cimabue&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1|title=Cimabue|last=Gibbs|first=Robert|publisher=www.oxfordartonline.com|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>