Chap. VII. GADDO GADDI. GOO Zoo to that of Florence. It may indeed be affirmed that, set ting Giotto aside, the artists of Rome were in a measure superior to those of Florence, until he arose. Rusutti and Gaddo Gaddi belonged to a class of decorative painters, whilst the Cosmati and Cavallini displayed more nature and more individuality, more character and truth in the rendering of form, than their Florentine rivals.