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Gowing, Sir Lawrence.
Most of his works weren’t signed, and a lot were made with help from assistants, although Giotto was most important for the authenticity of the art.

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The Bardi Chapel was focused on the frontal viewpoint, especially in Life of Saint Francis.

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The Peruzzi Chapel especially needed to be redone because Giotto used the fresco secco method (paint on dry plaster) instead of the usual method he used, the buon fresco method (paint on patches of wet plaster). In the Peruzzi Chapel, the viewpoint is well made all around. The Peruzzi Chapel displays the achievements of Giotto, why Michelangelo wanted to learn about The Ascension of St. John, and why Masaccio learned a lot from Giotto in the 15th century.

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Gowing, Sir Lawrence.
The Bardi and Peruzzi families were both banking families that both bought chapels. Both chapels are very narrow and tall. Both chapel’s frescoes were in bad condition from centuries of mistreatment, but were both discovered and repainted.

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Many critics say that there was never anything simple about the Scrovegni Chapel, and each scene was extremely detailed, especially each person. Each character, especially the angels have such detailed faces, hands, postures, etc. “The Last Judgment” was a huge fresco in the middle of the surrounding walls with the strip. In The Last Judgment, Christ is sitting with Apostles surrounding him, as he judges the saved and damned. On the left side of Christ, there are angels opening the gates to Heaven. On the right side Christ, there is Hell with terrible creatures. There are many people in the painting and they are all placed by the hierarchy of Creation. Giotto put himself and Enrico Scrovegni (the donor of the chapel) on the left side of the fresco with the group of blessed. He did this because everyone was expected to find where they were in the universe, and he and Enrico believed they belonged there. The Scrovegni Chapel is an incredible religious work of art. Giotto continued to create frescoes in the Peruzzi Chapel and in the Bardi Chapel. All his art told stories, especially the strips of scenes. He continued to make more religious art.

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Rollyson, Carl Rollyson. Gowing, Sir Lawrence.

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One of Giotto’s greatest works is the Scrovegni Chapel (also known as the Arena Chapel). He created a narrative with 3 parts around the walls of the Scrovegni Chapel. The paintings are read from the middle of the chapel from the top right to bottom left clockwise. The strip includes the Virgin’s early life (scenes 1-12), Christ’s early life (scenes 17-27), and lastly the story of Joachim and Anna. Giotto’s goal was huge; he basically wanted to explain the whole Christian story in strips and scenes. The whole process was very difficult to design and create the whole strip. He made sure that each scene was able to flow through each other but also were full themselves. The most important scene is scene 23 - “The Baptism of Christ.”

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Giotto is short for Ambrogiotto. He was the son of Bondone, a farmer. He became an amazing artist at such a young age. Much of his early life is unknown, but he started a series of 38 frescoes in 1304 at the Scrovegni Arena Chapel in Padua. He painted many famous religious paintings, and a lot of them are the greatest of Italian art.

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Giotto passed away on January 8, 1337 in Florence, Italy.

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Giotto di Bondone was born in Vespignano which is near Florence, Italy in either 1266, 1267, or 1276.

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