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For centuries, the late-medieval artist Giotto di Bondone (died 1337) has been celebrated for
“painting from nature” in a way that virtually no one had before. What made Giotto such an
innovative artist? Why is he so frequently described as “painting from nature”? Giotto’s Arena
Chapel (also called the Scrovegni Chapel) was commissioned by a wealthy patron for a specific
reason: what are the circumstances behind the construction and decoration of the Arena Chapel?
Select two other works from Chapter 18: how do Giotto’s works compare and contrast with other
artistic creations from the 14th century?

Sara Safa
Professor Glatstein
Art history 26
27 January 2018
Learning Log 1
Giotto,even his teacher, Cimabue, was a talented artist who created works that were
unique. In that period of time, artists had a way of drawing that showed the flatness of the
surface. They use to paint amazing works but with no sense of depth. The human anatomy was
not taken serious and humans had an awkward shape in the paintings. Giotto, however, gave his
paintings a sense of depth. He created paintings with more realistic humans including more