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

Painted realistic human emotions and gestures.

Figures looked solid and three-dimensional.

Used clear storytelling with logical compositions.

Soft, natural drapery on clothes.

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.

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.

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.

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

His work influenced Renaissance masters like Michelangelo.