Giotto

"Giotto" by Harry Quilter is a look into the life and importance of the Italian painter Giotto di Bondone. He changed painting styles from the old Byzantine way to a more realistic one, and this book shows how his work influenced art then and now. The book shows that to know Giotto, you have to know the world he lived in. Art had rules back then, mostly set by the Church, but Giotto tried to break those rules. This book tells how Giotto started as a shepherd, how Cimabue found him, and how Giotto changed art by showing real life and feelings in his paintings. The author is trying to communicate through this biography that Giotto was a man connected to the struggles and victories of artists, which the reader can understand throughout the pages.