Born to farmers in Colle di Vespignano near
Florence Legend says he was discovered by Cimabue
for an apprenticeship while he was drawing an image of his sheep on a stone
Friendship with King Robert of Naples allowed his art to have a greater freedom of speech element to it
Very prosperous life said to have married young and to have had six children
Biography
The Frescoes of St. Francis Basilica The Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella The Crucifix in Ognissanti Church Frescoes in the Basilica of Santa Croce Scrovegni Chapel Frescoes The Badia Polyptych Ognissanti Madonna
Famous Works of Art
Fresco- the art of painting on fresh, moist plaster
with pigments dissolved in water, durable results One of his earliest art works Located in the Chapel of St. Nicholas in the
Basilica of St. Francis Images include: Mary and baby Jesus, St. John the
Baptist, and St. Francis Restoration after a damaging earthquake in 1997,
found the initials “GB” on the frescoes, proving that Giotto di Bondone did create this work
The Frescoes of Assisi
St. Francis and St. Clara
http://scrumpdillyicious.blogspot.com/2012/03/assisi-birthplace-of-saint-francis.html
Basilica of St. Francis
Magnificent crucifix hanging high over the
center of the nave ~ between 1288 and 1289 Shows break from Byzantine styled work
The heaviness of Jesus’ body and sunken head contrasts with those of earlier works such a Cimabue’s crucifixes which show a more sculpted ideal body
Mary and John look down on Jesus from the horizontal ends of the cross
The Crucifix in Santa Maria Novella
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fDi2ZAZN86c/TF7gQ-VBsEI/AAAAAAAAFBY/fifH-M6K2Ic/s640/Italy+2010+956s.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Giotto_di_Bondone_-_Crucifix.jpg
Scrovegni Chapel in
Padua
http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/giotto/save-giotto-campaign-protect-scrovegni-chapel
http://www.artble.com/artists/giotto_di_bondone http://www.discovertuscany.com/tuscany-history-
and-culture/great-tuscans/giotto.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9658520/Assisi-fresco-restoration-proves-it-was-Giotto.html
http://www.casasantapia.com/art/giotto/crucifix.htm http://www.virtualuffizi.com/uffizi1/artista.asp?
Autore=Giotto
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