My report

a.c stelle

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.