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.

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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 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 di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
genre fresco
religious art
givenName Giotto
influenced Italian Renaissance painting
Masaccio
Michelangelo
influencedBy Cimabue
movement Italian Gothic
Proto-Renaissance
linked to: 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
Campanile of Florence Cathedral design
linked to: Giotto's Campanile

Madonna Enthroned
Ognissanti Madonna
Peruzzi Chapel frescoes
Scrovegni Chapel frescoes
linked to: Scrovegni Chapel

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

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michelangelo influencedBy Giotto
Nazarene movement influencedBy Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Lamentation of Christ notableExampleBy Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Trecento notableFigureInArt Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Giotto fullName Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Giotto givenName Giotto
Giotto's Campanile architect Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Giotto's Campanile namedAfter Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Carlo Carrà influencedBy Giotto
Italian Renaissance painting hasNotableArtist Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Giorgio Vasari wroteAbout Giotto
Scrovegni Chapel artist Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi artistInvolved Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Opera del Duomo associatedWith Giotto di Bondone
linked to: Giotto
Masaccio influencedBy Giotto