Art History Report on Giotto

Giotto di Bondone a Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect. Giotto is most famouse mainly in the traditional religious subjects but made his paintings more realistic by showing that Jesus and his followers were more human then other painters showed. Giotto was born in 1267 A.D. in a small village near Florence, Italia and lived in that area until the year of his death (1337 A.D.). Ciambue, a well-known florentine painter was said to be the man that discovered the talent of a young boy named Giotto di Bondone. It took some persueding but finely Ciambue convinced Giotto's father to allow Giotto to become a pupil.

Giotto was a painter during the renaissance period and this influenced his paintings to be mostly based on the bible. During this period a writer (Dante) of the devine comedy said "Giotto is regarded as the founder of...