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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.
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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