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A central figure of the Early Renaissance

According to legend, he was discovered by Cimabue as a boy, sketching his father's sheep. Giotto di Bodone (1266-1337) was the most famous and influential painter of his generation in Italy. As the pioneer of modern painting, his impact was so enormous that his artist colleagues in Florence, however capable, were left struggling to keep up. His services were engaged by numerous high officials and princes, including the Pope and his cardinals, King Robert of Anjou, and the Scaligeri and Visconti. All these works, including the large secular cycles, are lost. Amongst his surviving works, his masterpieces are undoubtedly his decoration, from 1303 to 1305, of the private chapel built by the financier Enrico Scrovegni for his family in a former Roman amphitheatre in Padua, the fresco cycle in the Upper Church of Assisi, and the frescos in side chapels of Santa Croce in Florence. The simplicity and strength of his forms, as well as the humanism he infused in his works, set him apart from his Byzantine contemporaries and at the forefront of Italian painting in the early years of the Renaissance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Art Bulletin, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 13731 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Giotto's Circumspection.(Giotto di Bondone)
Author: Eva Frojmovic
Publication: The Art Bulletin (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 89Issue: 2Page: 195(16)

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This digital document is an article from Contenido, published by Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V. on October 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1098 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: GIOTTO el feo sublime.(pintor Italiano)(TT: Giotto, lofty ugly.)(TA: Italian painter)
Publication: Contenido (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1999
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
Page: 40

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In the first 11 pages, this little explains the history of and movements in Early Italian Paintings contain in the collection of the National Museum of Art. The author, Fern Rusk Shapley, was the Assistant Chief Curator of the gallery in 1959. After the introductory text pages, there are 15 vibrant full color photo plates of individual paintings accompanied by a full explanatory page regard the painting. ... Read more