Great Artists

5:05 AM to 5:30 AM

Monday 30 September

Giotto

Season 1 Episode 1 of 14

Tim Marlow profiles Giotto di Bondone, the son of a Tuscan shepherd. Born in 1267, Giotto began his apprenticeship at the age of 12, and with his naturalistic treatment of medieval Christian iconography, was recognised as the first in a line of great painters and architects who contributed to the Italian Renaissance

Great Artists airs on Channel 5 at 5:05 AM, Monday 30 September. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language.)

Topics

Arts ➝ Culture (without music)

Tim Marlow

Presenter