In his masterful Adoration of the Magi, completed in 1304, the Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone reproduced the iconic Christmas scene where the travelers from the East meet baby Jesus.

Giotto was named after the early Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone, who had depicted Halley's Comet as the star of Bethlehem in his painting, "Adoration of the Magi." More for You ...

Born around 1267 in a village near Florence, Giotto di Bondone was a pivotal figure in Western art. According to Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," the shepherd boy was discovered by ...

About the artist Giotto di Bondone (c1267-1337) is a founding presence in Western painting. The Florentine master introduced 3D, in the solid volumes of his bodies and receding depths of his spaces.

Experts who worked on the frescoes, which were damaged in an earthquake that hit the Umbrian hill town in 1997, have found the initials "GB" which they believe stand for Giotto di Bondone.