The panel paintings executed around 1300 show an intensity of gaze of the figures which is common to all. Also common to the panel paintings is the visible effort made by the artist to achieve a naturalness, a new, more refined quality of painting, and a logically consistent depiction of space.
The later panel described as the Ognissanti Madonna after the church in which it was originally installed, has the same strength of representation as the frescoes at Padua.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 33 minutes): Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 |
Summary of paintings by Giotto |
Frescoes in San Francesco, Assisi |
Upper Church: Legend of St Francis | New Testament scenes | Lower Church |
Frescoes in Arena Chapel, Padua |
Life of Joachim | Life of Virgin | Life of Christ | Angels | Heads Last Judgment | Heads Vault frescoes | Virtues and Vices | Decorative elements |
Frescoes in Santa Croce, Florence |
Frescoes in Peruzzi Chapel | Frescoes in Bardi Chapel |
Panel paintings |
Crucifix | Maestà and others | Polyptych panels | Stefaneschi Altarpiece | Baroncelli Polyptych |
Miscellaneous works |
Navicella mosaic | Campanile of the Florence Cathedral |