Giotto di Bondone

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Italian painter from Florence who painted in a more natural, emotional style that influenced later artists

proper noun

: Giotto di Bondone

The frescoes by Giotto di Bondone in the Arena Chapel are considered masterpieces of Western art.

Examples

Art historians praise Giotto di Bondone for his revolutionary use of perspective and emotion.
During our trip to Florence, we admired the works of Giotto di Bondone in several historic churches.
The works of Giotto di Bondone are celebrated for their realism.
Giotto di Bondone was a key figure in the development of Western art.
Art historians praise Giotto di Bondone for his revolutionary use of perspective and emotion.
During our trip to Florence, we admired the works of Giotto di Bondone in several historic churches.
The frescoes by Giotto di Bondone in the Arena Chapel are considered masterpieces of Western art.

Synonyms

Giotto

vsGiotto di Bondone

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An Italian painter from Florence who made paintings look more natural before the Renaissance

is the full formal name used in scholarly or academic writing

Surface Forms

Giotto di Bondone main

Morphology

Giotto + di + Bondone

This is a proper name; knowing the parts ('Giotto', Italian particle 'di', and 'Bondone') does not yield the biographical meaning (Italian painter who pioneered naturalism). The element 'di' only signals a genitive/locative form and 'Bondone' is a surname, so the phrase is referential rather than compositionally meaningful to a learner who has not already met the name.

Etymology

Giotto di Bondone was an Italian painter who began to paint people who looked 'real' with faces and a sense of space, instead of the flat pictures with gold backgrounds before him. Imagine him opening a window in a flat painting so light and 'feeling' could come in. That's why we remember him as a painter who changed how art looked.