Friends

If ur friends talk about u behinded ur bck u need new friends. Real friends stay by ur side and they got ur bck. My friends 4 igzample r always nice( not really but u get the point) and always got my back. When stuff happens and I get down in the dumps they always make me feel better. When any one of us have guy trouble we always help each other. What I'm tiring to say is….my friends r the best.

Imanya, Pilar Noya, Anja, Nick, Basim , Andy, Emma, Jordan, Brea,

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Giotto di Bondone

Autobiography by

Gabriella Flores

5/5/2009

 

 

Autobiography by gabby

 

 

I, Giotto di Bondone, was an accomplished painter and architect, who introduced perspective to Florentine paintings. From a young age I was recognized for my talent. Since then I have changed the way people view art all over Italy.

    

Starting at childhood, I found a passion for painting. As I got older I broke away from medieval art and changed the style to a more Western view. I helped introduce perspective into paintings by deciding to make them look three dimensional. I was so good that Pope Boniface VIII wanted me to paint something for him.

    

Pope Boniface VIII sent a messenger to ask me for a sample of my paintings. So, I simply dipped my brush in red paint and painted a perfect circle. When the Pope saw it he "instantly perceived that [I] surpassed all other painters of [my] time". I traveled to Rome, Naples, and Florence, gathering commissions from princes and high churchmen. I have a group of biblical scenes, along with a series of murals about the life of Saint Francis in the Bargello in Florence where I also put a portrait of Dante a poet I was aquatinted with. While traveling throughout Italy being commissioned to paint, I found an enjoyment in architecture.

    

During the year 1334 in Florence I was honored to be titled "Magnus Magister" which named me the city architect and superintendent of public works. Soon after, I designed a bell tower next to Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore called campanile di Giotto.

 

Throughout my life I accomplished many things in the world of art. I was one of the people who helped discover a whole new way of art, by adding perspective to paintings. By contributing art and architecture to Italy I impacted Florence art for ages to come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

Gowing, L., M. Laclutte, J-p Cuzin, D. Piper, and S. Roettgen. "Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337)."

Pioch, Nicolas. "Giotto di bondone." Ibiblio.com. 27 July 2002. 27 Apr. 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/>.

Rabiner, Donald. "Giotto." World book. G/8 ed. 2004. 193-93.