Bondone 12671337 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 ID: 612703
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Giotto di Bondone
1267-1337Slide2
Born to farmers in Colle di
Vespignano
near FlorenceLegend 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 itVery prosperous life said to have married young and to have had six children
BiographySlide3
The Frescoes of St. Francis Basilica The Crucifix of
S
anta Maria NovellaThe Crucifix in Ognissanti ChurchFrescoes in the Basilica of Santa Croce
Scrovegni
Chapel Frescoes The Badia PolyptychOgnissanti Madonna
Famous Works of ArtSlide4
Fresco- t
he
art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water, durable resultsOne 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. FrancisRestoration 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 AssisiSlide5
St. Francis and St. Clara
http://
scrumpdillyicious.blogspot.com
/2012/03/
assisi
-birthplace-of-saint-
francis.html
Basilica of St. Francis Slide6
Sermon of the BirdsSlide7
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 bodyMary and John look down on Jesus from the horizontal ends of the cross
The Crucifix in Santa Maria Novella Slide8
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http://
upload.wikimedia.org
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wikipedia
/commons/8/81/Giotto_di_
Bondone
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Crucifix.jpgSlide9
Uffizi, room 2
The
Badia
Polyptych, early 1300s
Ognissanti
Madonna, 1310Slide10
Scrovegni
Chapel in Padua
http://
www.italymag.co.uk
/italy/giotto/save-giotto-campaign-protect-scrovegni
-chapel Slide11
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.htmlhttp://www.casasantapia.com/art/giotto/crucifix.htm http://
www.virtualuffizi.com
/uffizi1/
artista.asp?Autore
=
Giotto
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