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Italian painter and architect (1267–1337).

Born near Florence, Italy.

Called the Father of Renaissance Painting.

Painted famous frescos in Assisi, Padua, and Florence.

Broke away from medieval flat, symbolic art

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Introduced perspective to create depth.

Painted realistic human emotions and gestures.

Figures looked solid and three-dimensional.

Used clear storytelling with logical compositions.

Soft, natural drapery on clothes.

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Made religious paintings more human and relatable.

Changed flat, lifeless medieval art to realistic, emotional art.

Inspired early Renaissance artists like Masaccio and Fra Angelico.

Helped develop techniques that shaped Renaissance painting.

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Marked the transition from medieval to Renaissance art.

First to show people with real emotions in religious scenes.

His frescos showed stories everyone could understand.

Paved the way for the golden age of Renaissance art in Italy.

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Lamentation of Christ – emotional mourning scene.

St. Francis Preaching to the Birds – kindness to animals.

Nativity Scenes – realistic birth of Jesus.

Painted in Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi, and Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

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Giotto’s figures looked more like real humans than any painter before him.

Giorgio Vasari, the first art historian, called him the one who "set painting on its proper path."

His work influenced Renaissance masters like Michelangelo.