THE FATHER OF EUROPEAN ART - Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone was an Italian artist who lived during the end of the Middle Ages. He is one of the most important painter in the development of Western art, because he introduced realism and humanism in his paintings as well as perspective and architectural elements.

[harikardiak]

Watch out, at 3:42 you suddenly go from the church of Saint Francis in Assisi to the fresco of the "Lamentation (The mourning of the Christ)", which is located in the Scrovegni Chapel of Padua.

[zachhiggins]

Why did Giotto want to be different and not juat paint how he was supposed to