Picture Study

Age of Triumph Picture Study

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Giotto di Bondone {Term 1}

Study Notes:

During Term 1 we will become familiar with the works of the Italian painter and architect, Giotto di Bondone of the Late Gothic period. Giotto was born in Florence in either the year 1266 or 1267 AD and was an apprentice of the Italian painter, Cimabue. (Cimabue is considered to be the last of the Italian artists to work in the Byzantine Tradition.) Giotto died in 1337 AD in the city of Florence.

Giotto ushered in the Humanist and Renaissance periods of art. As you’re studying the works of Giotto, discuss the differences between his religious art and the language of the icon. Ask your children to add Giotto and Cimabue to their Book of Centuries and locate the Italian cities of Florence, Assisi, and Padua on a map.

Spend Term 1 exploring these links together:

Giotto di Bondone Scrovegni Chapel Video of the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua BBC video of the Santa Croce Chapel, Florence Cimabue

Picture Study Rotation {Term 1}

Weeks Painting Year Location

Weeks 1-2 Preaching to the Birds 1297-1299 Assisi, Italy

Weeks 3-4 The Birth of Jesus ca. 1305 Padua, Italy

Weeks 5-6 Adoration of the Magi ca. 1305 Padua, Italy

Weeks 7-8 Madonna Enthroned ca. 1305 Florence, Italy

Week 9-10 Resurrection of Lazarus ca. 1305 Padua, Italy

Weeks 11-12 Jesus Washes the Feet of the ca. 1305 Padua, Italy Apostles

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