Giotto di Bondone

Here is a website I found about Giotto the famous artist in early Renaissance:
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/old-masters/giotto.htm

Giotto followed Cimabue as an apprentice when he was only 12 years old. Giotto did many frescos about the life of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. Soon he became famous for the expressions of people's emotions in his paintings, and he even surpassed his teacher. Giotto became very famous and rich just when he was in his middle age, and he managed many workshops in Italy. Many influential and rich people commissioned him to paint for them. Giotto's most important deed was that he created a whole new way to paint lifelike people with their true feelings. He really has a subtle insight into human nature.

Giotto was so famous that he even had a biographer to record his life. He was very lucky that he could be so reputed just in his life because many artists became well-known after they had died. He lived a really good life. He was entirely devoted to art in his whole life, and few of us, modern people, couldhave done like him.

Here you can have a complete view of it :http://artchive.com/artchive/G/giotto/giotto.jpg.html

The Mourning of Christ

This is the detail part of The Mourning of Christ. It is a fresco made by Giotto at Cappella dell'Arena in Padua.
In the painting, The Virgin Mary leans to Jesus' dead body, holding his neck and looking at him grievedly. Many women are kneeling around Christ. One is holding Jesus' head in her palms, and some are holding his body tenderly. John the disciple stretches his hands, gazing at Jesus brokenheartedly, showing his feeling of despair for his death. And angels are flying above them.
This painting expresses the grief of Jesus' grave death and people's respect and love to Jesus Christ.

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Here is the website:http://www.artsender.com/artists/Giotto_di_Bondone.htm

It contains many details of Giotto's life, and it also introduces many of Gitto's famous paintings. Giotto was a Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect. He was considered as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. He was very different from other artists because he saved most of the money he earned and became a rich man. Furthermore, Giotto had very good relationship between some famous Popes.

Even though most of Giotto's works were about the stories in the Bible, he still painted the people very emotionally. They are like the real person, and people can get into the painting as if we're one of the audience.

Here is Joachim's Dream by Giotto di Bondone.

Joachim's Dream

This painting is very simple and obvious. In the painting, Joachim is sleeping in front of a small wooden house. The house is just like linking to the rock which Joachim is leaning against. An angel is flying toward him, and the two shepherds look at the coming angel curiously.

The sleeping Joachimgives me a sense of dignity. The angel is staring at Joachim earnestly. I like this painting very much. The people in the painting is realistic, and that was the greatest skill Giotto possessed.