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Giottino (fl. 1324 – 1369), also known as Tommaso Fiorentino, was an early Italian painter from Florence. His real name was Maso di Stefano or Tommaso di Stefano . Giottino's father, Maestro Stefano Fiorentino , "Stefano the Florentine", was a celebrated painter in the school of Giotto whose naturalism earned him the appellation "Scimmia ...
Giotto di Bondone (Italian: [ˈdʒɔtto di bonˈdoːne]; c. 1267 [a] – January 8, 1337), [2] [3] known mononymously as Giotto [b], was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic and Proto-Renaissance period. [7]
Giotto's bell tower seen from the top of the Duomo. View from the tower. Giotto's Campanile (/ ˌ k æ m p ə ˈ n iː l i,-l eɪ /, also US: / ˌ k ɑː m-/, Italian: [kampaˈniːle]) is a free-standing campanile (bell tower) that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.
Unlike in other paintings by Giotto, the light source in Ognissanti Madonna is located on the right side of the piece as opposed to the left. The meaning behind this is not known for sure, although a few logical reasons for this could be the Ognissanti Madonna's placement within the church or Giotto's use of exaggeration with lighting. [6]
Whether from a glass-bottom boat or from a canoe or kayak, visitors savor a deep view of the area’s pristine waters or its natural beauty and wildlife
Giotto's Crucifix at Santa Maria Novella is a cross painted in tempera and gold on wood panel (578 x 406 cm) by Giotto di Bondone around 1290-1295. The crucifix is preserved in the center of the nave of Florence's Santa Maria Novella basilica. It is one of the earliest known works by the artist, then in his early twenties.
The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .
This partial list of city nicknames in Florida compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Florida are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.