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Giotto

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1267–1337 Also known as Giotto di Bondone、乔托·迪·邦多纳

Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337) was an Italian painter and architect, generally regarded as the key figure in the transition of Western painting fro…

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  1. c. 1267–1290Vespignano · Province of FlorenceGiotto was born in the Florentine countryside; legend holds that he studied painting under Cimabue. His early works already showed an exploration of volumetric form and spatial relationships, laying the groundwork for his later revolution of Italian painting.
  2. 1290–1305Assisi · AssisiGiotto painted the cycle of the life of Saint Francis in the Upper Basilica at Assisi, and around 1303–1305 completed the Life of the Virgin cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, establishing his position as the innovator of Italian painting.
  3. 1305–1337Florence · FlorenceIn his later years Giotto returned to Florence, participated in the design of the campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore (Giotto's Campanile), and painted frescoes in Florence's churches. Dante praised him in the Divine Comedy as a painter ahead of his age; he died in Florence in 1337.

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