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Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone. 1267-1337. Biography. 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

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Giotto di Bondone

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  1. Giotto di Bondone 1267-1337

  2. Biography • 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

  3. Famous Works of Art • 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 BadiaPolyptych • Ognissanti Madonna

  4. The Frescoes of Assisi • 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

  5. St. Francis and St. Clara Basilica of St. Francis http://scrumpdillyicious.blogspot.com/2012/03/assisi-birthplace-of-saint-francis.html

  6. Sermon of the Birds

  7. The Crucifix in Santa Maria Novella • 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

  8. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Giotto_di_Bondone_-_Crucifix.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Giotto_di_Bondone_-_Crucifix.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fDi2ZAZN86c/TF7gQ-VBsEI/AAAAAAAAFBY/fifH-M6K2Ic/s640/Italy+2010+956s.jpg

  9. Uffizi, room 2 The BadiaPolyptych, early 1300s Ognissanti Madonna, 1310

  10. Scrovegni Chapel in Padua http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/giotto/save-giotto-campaign-protect-scrovegni-chapel

  11. Sources • 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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