Giotto
Italian 1267-1337 Giotto Galleries Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267 ?C January 8, 1337), better known simply as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance. Giotto's contemporary Giovanni Villani wrote that Giotto was "the most sovereign master of painting in his time, who drew all his figures and their postures according to nature. And he was given a salary by the commune [of Florence] in virtue of his talent and excellence." The later 16th century biographer Giorgio Vasari says of him "...He made a decisive break with the ...Byzantine style, and brought to life the great art of painting as we know it today, introducing the technique of drawing accurately from life, which had been neglected for more than two hundred years." Giotto's masterwork is the decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, commonly called the Arena Chapel, completed around 1305. This fresco cycle depicts the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ. It is regarded as one of the supreme masterpieces of the Early Renaissance. That Giotto painted the Arena Chapel and that he was chosen by the commune of Florence in 1334 to design the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral are among the few certainties of his biography. Almost every other aspect of it is subject to controversy: his birthdate, his birthplace, his appearance, his apprenticeship, the order in which he created his works, whether or not he painted the famous frescoes at Assisi, and where he was eventually buried after his death.
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Giotto The Last Judgment 1 oil painting


The Last Judgment 1
1305-13 Arena Chapel, Padua
Painting ID::  1785 		Giotto
The Last Judgment 1
1305-13 Arena Chapel, Padua
   
   
     
Giotto The Ascension oil painting


The Ascension
1305-13 Arena Chapel, Padua
Painting ID::  1786 		Giotto
The Ascension
1305-13 Arena Chapel, Padua
   
   
     
Giotto Scenes from the Life of Christ 1 oil painting


Scenes from the Life of Christ 1
Arena Chapel, Padua
Painting ID::  1787 		Giotto
Scenes from the Life of Christ 1
Arena Chapel, Padua
   
   
     
Giotto Saint Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man oil painting


Saint Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man
Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
Painting ID::  1788 		Giotto
Saint Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man
Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
   
   
     
Giotto The Devils Cast Out of Arezzo oil painting


The Devils Cast Out of Arezzo
Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
Painting ID::  1789 		Giotto
The Devils Cast Out of Arezzo
Upper Church of San Francesco, Assisi
   
   
     
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     Italian 1267-1337 Giotto Galleries Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267 ?C January 8, 1337), better known simply as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance. Giotto's contemporary Giovanni Villani wrote that Giotto was "the most sovereign master of painting in his time, who drew all his figures and their postures according to nature. And he was given a salary by the commune [of Florence] in virtue of his talent and excellence." The later 16th century biographer Giorgio Vasari says of him "...He made a decisive break with the ...Byzantine style, and brought to life the great art of painting as we know it today, introducing the technique of drawing accurately from life, which had been neglected for more than two hundred years." Giotto's masterwork is the decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, commonly called the Arena Chapel, completed around 1305. This fresco cycle depicts the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ. It is regarded as one of the supreme masterpieces of the Early Renaissance. That Giotto painted the Arena Chapel and that he was chosen by the commune of Florence in 1334 to design the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral are among the few certainties of his biography. Almost every other aspect of it is subject to controversy: his birthdate, his birthplace, his appearance, his apprenticeship, the order in which he created his works, whether or not he painted the famous frescoes at Assisi, and where he was eventually buried after his death.

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