Giotto di Bondone

Joan Carter (Olivet Nazarene University)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born c. 1267
Died 1337
Activity 1287-1337

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Painter

Resources

Giotto di Bondone (1266/7 – January 8, 1337), most commonly known today simply as Giotto, is credited with having been the first in a line of great artists who led the way into the Italian Renaissance. Tradition has it that Giotto was born to peasant parents in Colle di Vespignano, a small village to the north of Florence. Living and working in the northern Italian city of Padua at the turn of the fourteenth century, Giotto is without doubt one of the most compelling figures in the history of Western art. Often referred to as the father of Western painting, his artistic genius not only stunned his contemporaries, but radically altered the …

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Citation: Carter, Joan. "Giotto di Bondone". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 December 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1758, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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