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GIOTTO and are the most important works of the master. Several Crucifixes by (liotto exist ; one is in the Sanctuary of this chapel, others in S. Marco, S. Felicita, ami the Gondi Doni chapel of the Ogni Santi, Florence. Other mural paintings by the master are : Incidents from the lives of SS. Anthony and Francis, in the chapter house of S. Antonio, Padua ; a ceiling with the four Doctors of the Church nud the four Evangelists, in S. Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna ; the frescos of the Peruzzi, Giugni, and Bardi chapels, S. (Yocc, Florence ; and the remnants of frescos in the Carmine. Among the works of (liotto ill public galleries are : a Madonna with Angels, and many small panels of incidents in the lives of Christ and St. Francis, Flor- ence Academy ; two of the same series in the Berlin Museum, and two at Munich ; Madonna, Brera, Milan ; St. Francis receiv- ing the Stigmata, Louvre, Paris ; Two Apos- tles, National Gallery, London. W. A: W., i. 4:55 ; C. A: C., Italy, i. 1>:>4 ; Liibke, (lescli. itttl. Mai., i. ll:i; Vasari, ed. Mil., i. W.) ; Burckhardt, 4'J2 ; Dohme, '2i.; Ch. Blanc, Ecole florentine. GIOTTO DI MAESTRO STEFANO. See Gwtlmo. GIOVANNI ALAMANNO. See Anlni da Murano. GIOVANNI U'ASCIANO, of Siena, born in Asciano, tlourished latter part of 14th century. Sienese school ; pupil of Barna, and a weak imitator of his style. He iin- ished the frescos in the church at S. Gimig- 11:1110. begun by his master. Vasari says he executed paintings in the hospital of Siena, and in the ancient palace of the Medici, Florence, which gave him reputation, but they are all lost. C. & C., Italy, ii. 110 ; iii. G2 ; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 103. GIOVANNI DI CALCAK. See Huiis von Kalkar. GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE. See Fra An- gelico. GIOVANNI FIAMINGO. See Hans von Kalkar. GIOVANNI DI MARTINI DA UDINE, born latter half loth century, died at T'dine. Aug. !!((, 1535. Venetian school. Son of Martino da Tolmez/.o, a carver of Udine, and called Martini to distinguish him from his cousin, Giovanni Mione. Pupil of Luigi }~ivariiri, but how long he was in Venice is not known. Had returned to I'dine in 14117, where he resided until his decease, his later days being principally devoted to carving. As a painter he imitated Luigi Vivarini's early style, and in many respects he recalls Jacopo da Valentin. Works : Ma- donna (It'.lH), Museo Civico, Venice; St. Mark Enthroned (1501}, Cathedral, t'dine ; others in the Spilimbcrg Cathedral, and in the Brera, Milan. -C.fi ('., N. Italy, ii. 1S-J ; Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., ii. 5S GIOVANNI DA .MILANO, born in Milan in 14th century. Florentine school. Keal name Giovanni Jacobi ; long an assistant to Taddc'oGaddi ; settled at Florence in i:iti(i. He made no advancement in composition beyond Taddeo, >i he was less conventional than his master, and more finished and elaborate in execution. His earliest extant picture, a Bewailing of Christ, in the Flor- ence Academy, dated llt(J5, shows excessive conscientiousness, but lacks elevation. A larger and more important picture is the Virgin Enthroned, Municipal Gallery, 1'rato. An altarpiecc in five compartments, in the Ufli/i, Florence, and the frescos of scenes from the story of the Virgin and Mary Mag- dalen, in the Uinuccini Chapel, S. Croce, are also by this painter. C. A; C., Italy, i. {(}> Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., i. 143; Va- sari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 115, 17!) ; ed. Mil., i. 572 ; W. A W., i. 455. GIOVANNI DA MURANO. Sec Antonio da Murano. GIOVANNI DI PAOLO, died about 1481. Sienese school. Commonly called del Pog- gio. On the roll of Sieneso artists in 142S ; in the service of Sano di Pietro in 1447. According to Ricci, he attended the school of Gentile da Fabriano. His strange fancy in composition and awkwardness in repre- senting action are shown iii a Last Judgment 143