[PAR] [TLE] Giotto [SEP] Giotto di Bondone ( 1270 – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto (] ) and latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages.  He worked during the "Gothic or Proto-Renaissance" period. [PAR] [TLE] Carraresi [SEP] The Carraresi (or da Carrara) were an important family of northern Italy in the 12th to 15th centuries.  As "signori" of Padua, their overwhelming power and patronage placed them in an isolated position far outshining any other single family.  Their extensive land holdings in the Paduan "contado" were supplemented by extensive property within the "comune" itself, and their political prominence made them comparable to the Scaligeri of contemporary Verona, or the Visconti of Milan.  Margaret Plant has examined how "in its period of domination in Padua from 1337 to 1405 the house of Carrara sustained a singular chapter in the history of patronage".  Francesco il Vecchio, son of Giacomo, a close friend of Petrarch in his early years, was a noted patron of Petrarch himself and commissioned frescoes (destroyed) illustrating Petrarch's "De viris illustribus" in the palazzo, ca 1367-79, employing Guariento and others; Petrarch's retirement years were spent at Arquà, a Carrara fief, and he bequeathed to Francesco his picture of the Virgin by Giotto.
[PAR] [TLE] Giotto [ SEP ] Giotto di Bondone ( 1270 – January 8 , 1337 ) , known mononymously as Giotto ( ] ) and latinised as Giottus , was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages . He worked during the " Gothic or Proto - Renaissance " period . [PAR] [TLE] Carraresi [ SEP ] The Carraresi ( or da Carrara ) were an important family of northern Italy in the 12th to 15th centuries . As " signori " of Padua , their overwhelming power and patronage placed them in an isolated position far outshining any other single family . Their extensive land holdings in the Paduan " contado " were supplemented by extensive property within the " comune " itself , and their political prominence made them comparable to the Scaligeri of contemporary Verona , or the Visconti of Milan . Margaret Plant has examined how " in its period of domination in Padua from 1337 to 1405 the house of Carrara sustained a singular chapter in the history of patronage " . Francesco il Vecchio , son of Giacomo , a close friend of Petrarch in his early years , was a noted patron of Petrarch himself and commissioned frescoes ( destroyed ) illustrating Petrarch 's " De viris illustribus " in the palazzo , ca 1367 - 79 , employing Guariento and others ; Petrarch 's retirement years were spent at Arquà , a Carrara fief , and he bequeathed to Francesco his picture of the Virgin by Giotto .
The Carraresi (or da Carrara) were an important family of northern Italy in the 12th to 15th centuries, Francesco il Vecchio, son of Giacomo, a close friend of Petrarch in his early years, was a noted patron of Petrarch himself, his retirement years were spent at Arquà, a Carrara fief, and he bequeathed to Francesco his picture of the Virgin by which Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages?
The Carraresi ( or da Carrara ) were an important family of northern Italy in the 12th to 15th centuries , Francesco il Vecchio , son of Giacomo , a close friend of Petrarch in his early years , was a noted patron of Petrarch himself , his retirement years were spent at Arquà , a Carrara fief , and he bequeathed to Francesco his picture of the Virgin by which Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages ?
Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone