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GIORGIO BARBAREL- LI (jōr-jō'ne), an Italian painter; born in Constelfranco about 1477. Several of his oil paintings have been preserved, and are at once recognizable by the firmness of touch, vividness of coloring, and the striking tone of relief which they display. The Museum at Paris contains four of his works, viz.: "Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist"; "Jesus Sitting on His Mother's Knees"; "The Rural Concert"; and "Gaston de Foix." His chef-d'œuvre is a picture of "Christ Carrying His Cross," preserved at Venice. He died in Venice, in 1511.
GIOTTO (jot'tō), properly AMBRO- GIOTTO or ANGIOLOTTO BONDONE, an Italian painter; born in Vespignano, in 1266; and in his boyhood tended cattle.
But having been seen by Cimabue, as he was drawing figures of his sheep upon a piece of slate, that artist carried him to Florence and taught him painting.
Among his most celebrated pieces is the "Navicella" at Rome, a picture of Peter walking upon the waves, some fresco paintings at Florence, also the history of St. Francis, at Assisi, and several miniatures. He was equally successful as a statuary and architect. He died in Florence in 1336.