History of art

... History of Art 19TH September 2005 With Reference to Giotto's "Kiss of Judas" discuss Giotto's humanisation of religious figures, his use of space and light, his approach to narrative painting, his choice of setting and his use of colour. Giotto (1267-1337) was the most important painter of the14th centaury. He was a revolutionary painter breaking decisively from the Italo-Byzantine tradition, which consisted of Elongated two-dimensional figures that lacked weight. Giotto's most important and famous works were the frescos at the Arena chapel 1305-1310. He was commissioned to paint the frescos by Enrico Scrovegni, who built the chapel in order to get his father into heaven, due to his father being a non-Jewish money lender (a usurer), which was a great sin at the time. Giotto was commissioned because he was the most prestigious artist at the time. In this essay I will discuss Giotto's humanisation of religious figures, his use of space and

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