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Running head: RESEARCH REPORT ON ARTWORKResearch Report on ArtworkName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1RESEARCH REPORT ON ARTWORKArtwork no 1Giotto di Bondone VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONEDGeneral specifications of the artworkThis example of the artwork was designed in the year 1310. This artwork is situated inFlorence. This is painted by Giotto. It is one of those artworks that have been accepted by all thescholars on the universal basis. Giotto had painted this artwork as an altarpiece known as theOgnissanti Madonna. This is now located in the Uffizi where it is kept beside the Cimabue’sSanta Trinita Madonna and Rucellai Madonna pained by Duccio. This is a very large painting asits size is 325*204 cm.Artist, Patron, Original Intended Viewers and Original LocationThis artwork named the Virgin and Child Enthroned has been painted by Giotto. Thisartwork was painted in the year 1310. This is considered to be a very important landmarkartwork in the history as it is a large altarpiece. This artwork had been painted for the Church ofOgnissanti. Giotto was the one painter who brought in new styles to the Italian artwork in
2RESEARCH REPORT ON ARTWORKparticular. Before the arrival of Giotto, the artwork of Italy was completely restrained to theschematic Byzantine style and all the archaic styles that were related with it. The figures andartworks that were being created before Giotto were very much two-dimensional and it did notcreate any emotional attachment with the viewers. The figures were always stiff as well. Giottowas the one who had come up with new ideas by breaking the traditions. He began to representthe human figures through his paintings. His artistic new styles gave birth to Renaissance in Italyand later in the whole Europe. It is a great matter that Madonna and the child both had appeared in one single piece ofpainting for the first time in the history of the Western painting. In this picture, the audience cansee that Madonna is surrounded by several angels all around. The paintworks of Giotto havealways exceeded the boundaries of the Italian-Byzantine art. The contemporary people, whowanted to taste something new in the artistic creations, were mainly the intended viewers of thisartwork. Giotto has been in Florence for several years and he had been creating new artworksthere. This artwork of Virgin and Child Enthroned has been one of the best instances. He hadbeen considered as a pioneer for introducing naturalism in painting and artwork. As he decidedto move away from the traditional Byzantine artwork, he had been influenced by the Italianpainters who belonged to the school of Marmoraii. Some of his patrons by whom he was greatly influenced were the artists of that famousschool of painting. They are Nicolo Pisano, Pietro Cavallini, Duccio and one of the greatestmosaic-painters Jacopo Torriti. Giotto di Bondone used to live and work in Italy all through hislife. This is why he was greatly influenced by the Catholic civilization which flourished to greatheights in Italy only. The subjects that he had chosen were completely based on the Church andtheological aspects only. The figures he had painted were mostly considered to be as the
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