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Death of Giotto

Type Event Region Italy Time 1337

On 8 January 1337, Italian painter Giotto di Bondone died in Florence; a leading innovator of the fourteenth century, he transformed medieval paintin…

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  1. 1334–1337Florence Cathedral · FlorenceIn 1334 Giotto was appointed to oversee the design and construction of the campanile of Florence Cathedral (Giotto's Campanile), devoting his late energies to this grand project; decorated with colored marble and elegant proportions, the tower became a Florence landmark, completed after his death by his pupil Andrea Pisano and others.
  2. 1337Florence · TuscanyGiotto died in Florence on 8 January 1337 at the age of about seventy. The Florentine Republic buried the 'father of modern painting' with solemn ceremonies, and his tomb site and commemorative tradition became a place of pilgrimage for later artists.
  3. 1337–1400Italy · ItalyGiotto's frescoes and altarpieces in Assisi, Padua, Florence, and elsewhere broke through the stylized Byzantine manner with three-dimensional space, naturalistic figures, and dramatic narrative, directly influencing Masaccio, Martini, and the whole tradition of Italian Renaissance painting; Dante also praised his innovative status in the Divine Comedy as 'Giotto of painting.'

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