When Giotto di Bondone, the son of a blacksmith, apprenticed at the age of ten to the then already famous painter Cimabue, one could guess his talent. His teacher became aware of him when he observed him drawing the sheep he was tending. He was quite amazed at how faithfully Giotto had traced them. His skills as a young artist are also described in a nice anecdote (but possibly a legend). Giotto painted a deceptively real fly on the nose of a face in a portrait painted by Cimabue. When Cimabue returned to the workshop, he tried several times to wipe away this fly. Giotto had an incomparable sense of detail, which he projected precisely onto the canvas. Thus, his fame as a painter spread very quickly.
As was common in his time, Giotto's entire oeuvre revolved around religious themes, which were equally reflected in his numerous frescoes. Soon he was receiving commissions not exclusively from Florence. So it is not surprising that Pope Benedict XII brought him to Rome. Giotto convinced the Pope in advance with a freehand drawing of a circle, which was painted almost perfectly and without tools such as compasses. He spent ten years in Rome and maintained a respectable painter's workshop there. King Robert of Anjou also took notice of his achievements and ordered him to the court in Naples, where he was given the title of "First Court Painter". Upon his return, he was chosen to design the Campanile of Florence. Giotto himself then even became head of the Florentine cathedral building lodge and city architect in 1334. This was primarily a recognition of his great merits as a painter rather than as an architect.
However, the most important aspect of his work is that his characters are very natural and vivid. Giotto revolutionized painting. He was one of the first artists to succeed in depicting the illusion of reality in terms of feeling and perspective space on a flat surface. Through numerous commissions in Assisi, Rimini, Padua and later from all over Italy, the very popular painter not only gained high reputation, but also earned himself a certain material fortune. At the height of his creativity, he owned several estates in and around Florence and in Rome. His major work is a cycle of frescoes located in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, depicting the Passion story and the lives of Jesus and Mary in over 100 scenes. Giotto and his discoverer and teacher Cimabue are considered the founders of the Italian Renaissance, as they overcame the static and stereotypical conventions of their time.
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.jpg "Noli me Tangere, detail (Christ and Mary Magdalene), c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis Gives his Coat to a Stranger, 1296-97 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Sermon to the Birds by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis Dreams of a Palace Full of Weapons by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis Renounces His Father")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. John the Baptist, from the St. Reparata Polyptych (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Annunciation to St. Anne (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Inconstancy, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Lamentation of the Dead Christ, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi, c.1320 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Baptism of Christ (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "View of the south wall depicting scenes from the Life of Joachim and Anna and the Life of Christ, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi, c.1340-43 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "A Prophet, from the ceiling vault by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Apparition at the Chapter House at Arles, 1297-99 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis Appears to His Companions in a Chariot of Fire by Giotto di Bondone")
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_(see_also_192699)_-_(MeisterDrucke-300364).jpg "The Raising of Lazarus (pre-restoration) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis of Assisi Preparing the Christmas Crib at Grecchio by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Envy, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Death of St. Francis by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Annunciation, from the St. Reparata Polyptych (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Fresco Cycle on the Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St Clare embraces the corpse of St Francis (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "View of the North Wall, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds. Around 1295-1300 (Predella) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Bishop Pontano kneeling before St. Mary Magdalene, Magdalene Chapel, c.1320 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Visitation (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Prophet Malachi, from the Ceiling Vault, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Allegory of Obedience by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Infidelity, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Meeting at the Golden Gate (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Prophet John the Baptist, from the ceiling vault by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Birth of St. John the Baptist and his father Zacharias writing his name by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Christ Blesses the Mystic Marriage of St. Francis with Poverty, 1330 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Isaac Rejects Esau, c.1288 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Marriage at Cana (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Francis Renounces All Worldly Goods (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Christ Among the Doctors, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Apostles on the Mount of Olives by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Meeting at the Golden Gate, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "St. Clare Embraces the Body of St. Francis at the Convent of San Damiano, 1297-99 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Prophet Daniel, from the Ceiling Vault, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Noli me Tangere or, The Apparition of Christ to Mary Magdalene by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "Saint Francis Revives the Unatoned Woman to Facilitate her Confession (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Ascension, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Death of St. Francis (detail) by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi by Giotto di Bondone")
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.jpg "The Marriage of the Virgin, c.1305 by Giotto di Bondone")
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