Art History Monday on Wednesday

Well, after an unexpected 4-day weekend, we are back in school. And even though it is not technically "Art History Monday", I decided to continue with my original plan to show our first art history video. The artist we learned about is named Giotto. And even though he lived over 700 years ago, he is considered the forefather of Western art. Legend has it that the 12-year-shepherd boy was discovered sketching while watching his father's sheep and allowed go to Florence to apprentice under the direction of another artist, Cimabue. It was Giotto's inovative painting technique and his new ideas about visual space that would create the ground work for the artists of the Italian Renaissance.