Giotto di Bondone Biography for Kids
Ciao! Hello! My name is Giotto di Bondone, but you can just call me Giotto, (pronounced Zhot-toe) for most people only use my first name. Let me tell you my story. I was born near Firenze, Italia – but I guess you say, Florence, Italy. Florence was known as a fine city for the arts soon after I lived, but when Rome fell to barbarians in 476 AD, they destroyed all of the art of the Roman Empire. It took awhile for art to come back into style. It mostly came through the Catholic Church … … in paintings and…