Giotto

Matthew A. Sanchez
Kristen Jones
Fine Art
1/31/18
Giotto
        Giotto was an Italian artist and architect. He was active during the Gothic and proto-renaissance era. Giotto was born in 1270 in Florence. He is from the late middle ages. The painting called "The Lamentation" seems to be a representation of the lamentation of the people when Jesus Christ died. Giotto used light colors for the people while using a very dark background. It seems as if Giotto used the yellow "halo" to add importance to those people who had them. I feel like its symbolism for purity or sanity. One strange thing I notice in the painting is that there is a yellow halo around certain people and the angels. Another strange thing I noticed is that it seems as if one of the angels isn't lamenting and is instead smiling.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 15, 2018 at 5:23 AM

    I noticed the same things you did.

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  2. Bigai WuFebruary 21, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    I appreciate how close you looked and studied the painting. You also looked in many details in figures and other different parts of the piece instead of just looking at the composition of entire painting. It's a great way to critique it I think. Good job.

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