The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . A BOY showed of genius; a man ful signs filled his early promise ;a great painter was foronce a prophet in hisown country and in hisown time ; and all thathistory can tell us ofhim is that he made badjokes and had six uglychildren. Such isHarry Quilters sum-mary of the history ofGiotto. A meagre bio-graphy in truth, and yetthe most important partof his life still lives—the far-reaching influence which he exerted on art. Giotto, or Ambrogiotto di Bondone, was born in Vespig-nano, near Florence, in 1266 according
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . A BOY showed of genius; a man ful signs filled his early promise ;a great painter was foronce a prophet in hisown country and in hisown time ; and all thathistory can tell us ofhim is that he made badjokes and had six uglychildren. Such isHarry Quilters sum-mary of the history ofGiotto. A meagre bio-graphy in truth, and yetthe most important partof his life still lives—the far-reaching influence which he exerted on art. Giotto, or Ambrogiotto di Bondone, was born in Vespig-nano, near Florence, in 1266 according to some authorities,in 1276 according to others. When, as a boy of ten, tendingthe sheep on the hillside in Umbria, he was one day attempt-ing to sketch one of his charges on a stone, the great Floren-tine artist Cimabue was passing through the valley. Theevident talent of the boy attracted the attention of the master,who took him to his studio in Florence. It is probable thatthe associations of his early life in the fields implanted in himthat sympathy with nature which mark
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