Meaning of Giotto in English

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  1. Noun

    Giotto

    Definitions

    1. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style

    Examples

    • « considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337) »

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  • « It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth-century art. He's the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of picture-making and invented a new one that the world followed. »
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