Giotto

Giotto was a renowned Italian painter and architect from the late Middle Ages, considered a pioneer of the Italian Renaissance. He is celebrated for bringing naturalism and emotional depth to Gothic art, moving away from stiff, flat figures toward more realistic and three-dimensional representations. His frescoes, especially in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, demonstrated innovative use of perspective and storytelling that influenced later Renaissance masters. Giotto’s work marked a transition from medieval artistic conventions to a focus on human emotion and spatial realism, laying foundational principles for Western art development.