Florentine painter, sculptor and architect, 1266/7 - 1337

	"As well as the paintings on the vault, there are on the walls of the transepts some beautiful pictures which truly deserve to be held in great esteem, not only because they are perfect works of art but also because they were executed with such tremendous care that they are still as fresh today as when they were done. Among them is an excellent portrait of Giotto himself" I-62 The Raising of Lazarus, Magdalen Chapel, Lower Church
	"He did a panel picture to be sent to Pisa, showing St Francis standing on the fearful rock of La Vernia. He took extraordinary pains over this work, ..depicting a landscape full of trees and rocks, which was an innovation for that time..On the predella are three other scenes from the life of St Francis." I-63 Stigmatisation of St Francis, San Francesco, Pisa (now in the Louvre)
	"The Pope sent for Giotto to come to Rome and commissioned from him five scenes from the life of Christ for the apse of St Peter's, as well as the principal work for the sacristy. Giotto executed these so painstakingly that they were the most finished work in tempera ever to have left his hands." I-65 Stefaneschi altarpiece
	"He went to Rimini, which was ruled by Malatesta. There he painted very many pictures in San Francesco" I-70 Rimini Crucifix
	"And then he returned to Florence, renowned and prosperous, where he painted a Crucifixion for Santa Maria Novella, working with his assistant Puccio Capanna." I-71 Crucifix, Santa Maria Novella
	To commemorate Guido Tarlati, his heirs "wrote to Giotto, instructing him to design a very rich tomb, as noble as possible...Giotto sent them the finished design, and the tomb was executed in accordance with it." I-72 Tomb of Guido Tarlati (detail), by Agostino di Giovanni, Arezzo
	"For the Umiliati friars of Ognissanti at Florence Giotto painted...four panel pictures, including a Madonna and Child with a choir of angels.." I-73 Ognissanti Madonna
	"There was also in the transept of Ognissanti a small panel picture in tempera which had been painted by Giotto with great care and which showed the death of Our Lady, with a group of apostles and with the figure of Christ receiving her soul into his arms." I-73 Dormition of the Virgin
	"After this, on 9 July 1334, Giotto set his hand to the campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore...The work was carried forward according to the original plan, which was in the contemporary German style, and Giotto designed all the subjects for the ornamentation, very carefully marking the model with white, black and red colours where the marbles and the friezes were to go." I-73 Belltower of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence