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310 Painting the colours are lighter and of a more roseate hue than those of his predecessors ; they were mixed with a thinner medium, and are very well preserved. Not only in paint- ing, but also in sculpture and architecture, was Giotto famous. The Campanile at Florence was built from his designs, and some of the sculptures which adorn the base are said to be by his hand. Taddeo Gaddi (ab. 1300 — 1367) was the chief of Giotto's scholars, and his works are considered the most important produced in the fourteenth century. He was especially successful in historic subjects, in which he displayed great feeling for truth and beauty, and a more thorough knowledge of colouring and chiaroscuro than Giotto. The fresco in the Cappella de' Spagnuoli in the cloister of S. Maria Novella at Florence, known as the Arts and Sciences, was formerly ascribed to him; but several authors consider that it is by some painter of Siena. Three pictures of his school are in the National Gallery. Andrea di Cione— called Orcagna (1308 ?— 1368 ?), the shortened form of his sobriquet ' L'Arcagnuolo ' — although he did not study under Giotto, was greatly influenced by his paintings : his works are remarkable for their grace, energy, and imaginative power. His principal painting is the Heaven and Hell, in the Cappella Strozzi, in S. Maria Novella at Florence. The works in the Campo Santo at Pisa, which for many years rendered Orcagna' s name famous, are now given to other painters. The National Gallery contains a large altar-piece in twelve pieces by Orcagna, representing in the centre, in three divisions, the Coronation of the Virgin, with nine other scenes connected with the life of Christ, which were