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Two of the works in Munich, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. The Life of Christ is a series of seven paintings in tempera and gold on panel, attributed to Giotto and dating to around 1320–1325.
Giotto's Crucifix at Santa Maria Novella is a cross painted in tempera and gold on wood panel (578 x 406 cm) by Giotto di Bondone around 1290-1295. The crucifix is preserved in the center of the nave of Florence's Santa Maria Novella basilica. It is one of the earliest known works by the artist, then in his early twenties.
The works are considered a masterpiece. Both the monastery and the chapel now form part of the Musei Civici di Padova. [2] Giotto is described as a Proto-Renaissance artist, preceding and paving the way for the early Florentine Renaissance painters, breaking the artistic mold of the Byzantine period by introducing naturalism and depth into his ...
Giotto di Bondone, Legend of St Joachim, Meeting at the Golden Gate, 1305, in the Scrovegni Chapel, is an early Western depiction of the scene.. Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate is a narrative of the parents of the Virgin Mary, Joachim and Anne meeting at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem, upon learning that she will bear a child.
One of Giotto's later works, Madonna Enthroned was completed in Florence, upon the artist's return to the city. It was originally painted for the Ognissanti church in Florence. Built for the Humiliati , a small religious order at the time, the church had many acclaimed paintings designed for it.
Giotto's work thus falls in the period from 25 March 1303 to 25 March 1305. Model of the interior of the chapel, towards entrance Towards the apse and altar Giotto, who was born around 1267, was 36–38 years old when he worked at Enrico Scrovegni's chapel.
Lamentation by Giotto, 1305. The Lamentation of Christ [1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. [2] After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body.
Giotto's inspiration for The Life of the Virgin cycle was probably taken from The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine and The Life of Christ draws upon the Meditations on the Life of Christ as well as the Bible. The frescoes are more than mere illustrations of familiar texts, however, and scholars have found numerous sources for Giotto's ...