Giotto di Bondone, known mononymously as Giotto and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period.

What did Giotto influence?

Giotto is one of the most important artists in the development of Western art. Pre-empting by a century many of the preoccupations and concerns of the Italian High Renaissance, his paintings ushered in a new era in painting that brought together religious antiquity and the developing idea of Renaissance Humanism.

How did Giotto influence the Renaissance?

Giotto with his new style revolutionized painting and was taken as a model by Renaissance artists. He made a decisive break with the traditional Byzantine style introducing the technique of drawing accurately from life.