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Noun: Giotto  jó-tow or jee'ó-tow
  1. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
    - Giotto di Bondone

Type of: architect, designer, old master

Encyclopedia: Giotto