THE WORKS OF GIOTTO In this last section, we present the works of Giotto. Our guide will be Mr. Vasari who will allow us to follow Giotto in his continuous moves around Italy, and whose narration will give a quantitative dimension to his works. Considering that certain grade of unreliability of Vasari, his narration has already been cleared of its testimonies regarding the works that documents or critical analysis have definitely excluded as being of Giotto or his studio. "They were the first paintings of Giotto in the chapel of the main altar in the Abbey of Florence" "And, in Santa Croce there are four chapels,.. the first is of Mr. Ridolfo de Bardi, in the other, that is of the Peruzzi family,.. the third is of the Giugni’s, the fourth, on the opposite side of the church, is of the Tosinghi’s "In the chapel of the Baroncelli, in the same church, there is a panel in tempera,.. in this work, his name and the date are written in golden letters.." "He also worked in the church of the Carmine (in Florence), in the chapel of St. John the Baptist." "In the palace of the Guelph part of Florence, of his hand is a story of Christian Faith.." "After these things, on leaving Florence to go to Assisi, on passing through Arezzo, he painted, in The Abbey, the chapel of St. Francis,.. and, in the Cathedral, a small chapel.." "These things finished, he went on to Assisi, a town in Umbria, having been called by Friar Giovanni di Muro della Marca, then general ofThe Franciscan Order; where, in the upper Church, he fresco-painted, on both sides of the Church, 32 stories of the life of St. Francis,.." "In the same place, in the lower church, hepainted the walls..." "Finished as it were the same St. Francis, he returned to Florence; on arriving there, hepainted, to send to Pisa, on a panel, a Saint Francis in the horrid rocky place of Vernia,.." "Pope Benedict IX, sent to Tuscany a courtesan to see what man was Giotto,.. the courtesan asked of him some drawings to send to the Pope…Giotto took a sheet and, on it, he drew a circle so perfect it was a wonder to see.." "The above mentioned Pope wanted therefore to see him in Rome, where…in the tribune of St. Peter, he had him paint stories from the life of Christ…the Pope, on seeing these works, ordered to be done, around St. Peter, stories.." "Again, of his hands, was the mosaic representing a ship…" "Called to Padua by the Lords of the Scala, he painted in the church of St. Anthony, a beautiful chapel…" "From there, he went to Verona, where to Mr.Cane he did in his palace some paintings,.. on returning to Florence, he stopped in Ferrara to paint, on commission of the Este family, a few hings,..he fresco-painted in the church of St. Francis in Ravenna …" "Robert of Anjou, king of Naples..wrote..to send Giotto to Naples. Giotto, on hearing himself called By a king so famous and admired, went more than willingly to serve him and..painted in some chapels of the Monastery of St. Claire, many stories of the old and new Testament…Giotto did, in the castle dell’Ovo, many works…he painted a hall for the King…and so in the church of the Crowned Virgin.." "He then went to Rimini, of which Lord was Malatesta, and there, in the church of St. Francis, did many paintings which were then thrown to the floor and destroyed…" "Having returned to Florence, he did, in St. Mark’s, in tempera, a Crucifix on panel and another similar he did for Santa Maria Novella…" "Giotto painted for the Ognissanti Friars of Florence, a chapel and four panels and, in one of them, Our Lady surrounded by many angels and with her son In her arms…" "After these things, he put his hand, in the year 1334 and on the ninth day of July, to the belfry of Santa Maria del Fiore…Giotto drew all the stories that went into the ornament, and, if what Lorenzo Ghiberti left written is true,..Giotto, not only did the model of this belfry, but also the sculpture and relief, in marble, of those stories.." "He worked also in Milan some things that are spread around that town and that, still today, are described as beautiful…" "Then, again, he went to Padua, and, apart from many other things, he did, in the place of the Arena, a mundane Glory, that brought to him Much honour and wealth…" "Finally back (in Florence) from Milan,.. having in his life done many and very beautiful things,…he rendered his soul to God in the year 1336.." Works not mentioned by Vasari but ascribed to Giotto.