Giotto

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Giotto was a pioneering Italian painter and architect of the late Middle Ages whose naturalistic style helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Giotto canonical 11
Giotto di Bondone 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Firenze school painter
Italian architect
Italian painter
architect
human
late Middle Ages artist
painter
proto-Renaissance painter
artisticStyle naturalism
three-dimensional modeling of figures
burialPlace Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
surface form: Florence Cathedral
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence
dateOfBirth c. 1267
dateOfDeath 8 January 1337
employer Enrico Scrovegni
Franciscan Order
era late Middle Ages
transition to the Italian Renaissance
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName di Bondone
fullName Giotto self-linksurface differs
surface form: Giotto di Bondone
genre fresco
religious art
givenName Giotto self-link
influenced Italian Renaissance painting
Masaccio
Michelangelo
influencedBy Cimabue
movement Italian Gothic
Renaissance
surface form: Proto-Renaissance
notableFor creating convincing spatial depth in frescoes
expressive human emotion in religious scenes
introducing naturalistic representation into Western painting
notableWork Arena Chapel fresco cycle
Bardi Chapel frescoes
Giotto's Campanile
surface form: Campanile of Florence Cathedral design

Madonna Enthroned
Ognissanti Madonna
Peruzzi Chapel frescoes
Scrovegni Chapel
surface form: Scrovegni Chapel frescoes

Stefaneschi Altarpiece
occupation architect
painter
placeOfBirth Colle di Vespignano
near Florence
placeOfDeath Florence
positionHeld Filippo Brunelleschi
surface form: capomastro (master builder) of Florence Cathedral
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Assisi
Florence
Padua

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Michelangelo influencedBy Giotto
Nazarene movement influencedBy Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Lamentation of Christ notableExampleBy Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Trecento notableFigureInArt Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Giotto fullName Giotto self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Giotto givenName Giotto self-link
Giotto's Campanile architect Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Giotto's Campanile namedAfter Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Carlo Carrà influencedBy Giotto
Italian Renaissance painting hasNotableArtist Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Giorgio Vasari wroteAbout Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel artist Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi artistInvolved Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Opera del Duomo associatedWith Giotto
this entity surface form: Giotto di Bondone
Masaccio influencedBy Giotto