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Giotto [ˈdʒɔtəʊ] n (Astronautics) a European spacecraft that intercepted the path of Halley's comet in March 1986, gathering data and recording images, esp of the comet's nucleus Giotto1 n
(Biographies / Giotto (?1267-1337) M, Italiannational of birth: Florentine, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) also known as Giotto di Bondone. ?1267-1337, Florentine painter, who broke away from the stiff linear design of the Byzantine tradition and developed the more dramatic and naturalistic style characteristic of the Renaissance: his work includes cycles of frescoes in Assisi, the Arena Chapel in Padua, and the Church of Santa Croce, Florence ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Observe how Giotto in these frescoes--now, unhappily, ruined by restoration--is untroubled by the snares of anatomy and perspective. In themselves there is nothing to choose between the Campanile of Giotto and a factory chimney. And I have seen the aged Giotto, and he in turn was pupil to Cimabue, before whom there was no art in Italy, for the Greeks were brought to paint the chapel of the Gondi at Florence. |
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