Giotto
Description
Giotto di Bondone initiated the Italian Renaissance with his naturalistic and emotive treatment of medieval Christian iconography that departed from Byzantine style painting. In receiving commissions from princes, kings and Popes, he raised the artist's status from that of a craftsman to that of a poet or philosopher. Using nature as his teacher and narrative as his guide, Giotto developed an individual style that would characterize Western art for centuries to come. Works featured in this program include the frescoes of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (1304-1306), the Church of St Francis in Assisi (1295-1300) and the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels (1320s) in Santa Croce in Florence as well as the Ognissanti Madonna and Child altarpiece (1305-1310) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Runtime
24 min
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Date of Publication
[2014], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
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