1. This article discusses Giotto’s use of illusion and “things not seen” to support the religious narrative in his paintings. Explain how the 15th century writer Cennino Cenninidefines the art of painting and the crucial use of illusion in painting.
2. Discuss the importance of Giotto’s “Joachim Among the Shepherds,” [Fig. 4] as an example of his “skill in manipulating the devices of pictorial illusion…to suggest realities beyond the threshhold of representation….”
3. What does the word ingegno mean? How may it be applied to Giotto, and perhaps his painting “Kiss of Judas,” [Fig. 7]?
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