Giotto
c. 1267–1337
Florentine painter whose naturalism broke with Byzantine style and prepared the Renaissance.
Giotto (c. 1267–1337) was a painter, born in Vicchio and died in Florence.
- Known as
- Painter
- Category
- Artists
- Born
- c. 1267, Vicchio
- Died
- 1337, Florence
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