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Giotto di Bondone c1265-1337 was the first of the great Italian painters, active in Florence. He decorated chapels and churches in Assisi, Rome, Padua, Florence, and Naples with frescoes and panel paintings. Because little of his life and few of his works are documented, attributions and a stylistic chronology of his paintings remain problematic and often highly speculative. His works in Rome include the heavily restored mosaic of Christ Walking on the Water over the entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, and an altarpiece from St. Peter’s, now in the Vatican Museum. In Padua, his fresco of the Last Judgment decorates the western wall of the Arena Chapel, and the rest of the chapel is covered with his narrative frescoes featuring scenes from the lives of the Virgin Mary and Christ. Later in his career he executed frescoes in four chapels in the church of Santa Croce in Florence, two of which survive. In 1334 he was appointed surveyor of Florence Cathedral; his design for the campanile was altered after his death. The most important extant panel painting attributed to him is The Madonna in Glory (c. 1305–10). He achieved great fame in his lifetime, and he is considered the father of European painting for breaking with the impersonal stylisations of Byzantine art and introducing new ideals of naturalism and humanity, three-dimensional space, and three-dimensional form. The course of Italian painting was dominated by his students and followers. His work points to the innovations of the Renaissance style that developed a century later.
For earlier works by Giotto see parts 1 & 2 also.
This is part 3 of a 6-part series on the works of Giotto:
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| 1310-17 The Crucifixion of Rimini tempera and gold on panel 430 x 303 cm Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, Italy |
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| c1310-18 Pentecost by Giotto di Bondone and Workshop egg tempera on poplar wood panel 45.5 x 44 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| c1311-20 Nativity fresco (size not given) Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy |
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| 1315-20 Stefaneschi Triptych (recto) by Giotto di Bondone and Workshop tempera on wood 220 x 245 cm Central panel 178 x 89 cm Side panels 168 x 83 cm Museo Vaticani, Vatican City |
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| 1315-20 Stefaneschi triptych (verso) by Giotto di Bondone and Workshop tempera on wood (sizes as above) Museo Vaticani, Vatican City |
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| 1317 Crucifix tempera on wood 223 x 164 cm Museo Civico, Padua |
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| c1320 The Adoration of the Magi tempera on wood panel, gold ground 45.1 x 43.8 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels tempera on panel 91 x 340 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels detail |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels detail |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels detail |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels detail |
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| 1330 Polyptych with Saints and Angels detail |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Altarpiece (recto) tempera on panel 220 x 245 cm |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Altarpiece (recto) left hand panel |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Altarpiece (recto) left hand panel detail |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Altarpiece (recto) Centre panel: Christ Enthroned |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Altarpiece (recto) Right panel: Martyrdom of St Paul |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Triptych (verso) tempera on panel 220 x 245 cm |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Triptych (verso) left hand panel |
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| 1330 The Stefaneschi Triptych (verso) centre panel |
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| c1330s Crucifixion oil, tempera and gold leaf on panel 39 x 26 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg |
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| 1330s Crucifix tempera on wood 343 x 432 cm San Felice, Florence |
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| 1330s Crucifixion tempera on wood panel 58 x 33 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
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| c1330s-40s The Dead Christ and the Virgin Neapolitan by follower of Giotto egg tempera on wood panel 60 x 42.3 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| Detail: Coronation of the Virgin |
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| Detail: Coronation of the Virgin |
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n.d. Scenes from the Life of Christ (not dated):
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| Nativity: Birth of Christ fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Nativity: Birth of Christ detail |
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| Nativity: Birth of Christ detail |
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| Adoration of the Magi fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Adoration of the Magi detail |
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| Adoration of the Magi detail |
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| Adoration of the Magi detail |
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| Presentation of Christ at the Temple fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Presentation of Christ at the Temple detail |
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| Flight into Egypt fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Flight into Egypt detail |
Note: Scenes from the Life of Christ continues in part 4.
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