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 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 6-part series on the works of Giotto.
Scenes from the Life of Christ, continued from part 4:
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| Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) detail |
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| Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) detail |
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| Resurrection (Noli me tangere) fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Resurrection (Noli me tangere) detail |
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| Ascension fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Ascension detail |
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| Ascension detail |
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| Ascension detail |
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| Pentecost fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Pentecost detail |
Scenes from the Life of Joachim - frescoes:
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| Rejection of Joachim's Sacrifice fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Rejection of Joachim's Sacrifice detail |
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| Joachim among the Shepherds fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Joachim among the Shepherds detail |
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| Annunciation to St Anne fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Annunciation to St Anne detail |
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| Joachim's Sacrificial Offering fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Joachim's Sacrificial Offering detail |
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| Joachim's Dream fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Joachim's Dream detail |
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| Joachim's Dream detail |
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| Joachim's Dream detail |
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| Meeting at the Golden Gate fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Meeting at the Golden Gate detail |
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| Meeting at the Golden Gate detail |
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| The Birth of the Virgin fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| The Birth of the Virgin detail |
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| The Birth of the Virgin detail |
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| The Birth of the Virgin detail |
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| Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple detail |
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| Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple detail |
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| The Bringing of the Rods to the Temple fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| The Bringing of the Rods to the Temple detail |
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| The Suitors Praying fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| The Suitors Praying detail |
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| Marriage of the Virgin fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Marriage of the Virgin detail |
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| Wedding Procession fresco 200 x 185 cm |
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| Wedding Procession detail |
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| Wedding Procession detail |
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| God sends Gabriel to the Virgin fresco 230 x 690 cm |
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| God sends Gabriel to the Virgin detail |
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| God sends Gabriel to the Virgin detail |
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| God sends Gabriel to the Virgin detail |
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| The Angel Gabriel sent by God fresco 150 x 195 cm |
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| The Virgin Receiving the Message fresco 150 x 195 cm |
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| Visitation fresco 150 x 140 cm |
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| Visitation detail |
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