Giotto - The Watershed Of The History Of Western Art?

Giotto, who is titled "The Father of Western Painting", is one of the greatestfigures in the history of western art. People always regard him as the father of theRenaissance Art. By tracing the forming of Giotto's style, and the shaping of thefigure "Giotto", this article gives us a new interpretation of the master'art and hispositon in the art history: the new characteristics of the image programme in ArenaChapel were decided by it's patron; the new style traditionally attributed to Giotto wasderived from a lot of fore-runners since Gothic times; and the character "The Fatherof Western Painting" was formed in many historical and literary works sinceRenaissance.