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Sirén, Osvald, Giotto and Some of His Followers (English translation by Frederic Schenck). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1917. Tintori, Leonetto, and Meiss, Millard, The Painting of the Life of St. Francis in Assisi, with Notes on the Arena Chapel, New York University Press, 1962.
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Giotto did away with many aspects of Byzantine art that would flatten the painting. Within Cimabue's Santa Trinita Maestà, there is the use of gold tracing to delineate the folds of the fabric. In contrast to this, Giotto's fabric folds are more realistic, and instead of lines he used light, shadow, and color to create the appearance of fabric.
A new English translation and commentary with Italian Transcription is the standard modern translation. Thompson, D. V., Jr. (1932–3) Cennino d’Andrea Cennini da Colle di Val d’Elsa. Il Libro dell’Arte, 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press. [Edition and English translation]
Padua Crucifix (c. 1300-1305). The Padua Crucifix (Italian: Crocifisso di Padova) is a painting in tempera on poplar panel by Giotto of c. 1303–1305. [1] Originally hanging in the centre of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, above the latticework of the iconostasis, it was probably contemporaneous with his frescoes in the same chapel. [2]
Giotto is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 144 kilometers. [1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Giotto is named for the Italian painter Giotto di Bondone, who lived from 1271 to 1377. [2] Hollows are scattered across the floor of Giotto. Lermontov crater is to the northeast of Giotto.
Two of the works in Munich, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. The Life of Christ is a series of seven paintings in tempera and gold on panel, attributed to Giotto and dating to around 1320–1325.
It is a rare example in Giotto's work of a documented commission, and includes Giotto's signature, although the date, like most dates for Giotto, is disputed, and many scholars feel the artist's workshop was responsible for its execution. [2]