Giotto was a Renaissance painter who dabbled in many other artistic venues such as sculpture and architecture. Along with his trademarks Giotto also pursued new art forms created in the Renaissance such as frescoes and three-dimensional paintings on two-dimensional canvases. In 1267 Giotto was born in the village of Vespignano, which is located near Florence, Italy. His full name was Giotto di Bondone and he was born to a family of small farmers. During his lifetime Giotto produced many influential paintings - mainly frescoes - and was a highly acclaimed painter. He was a white, Roman Catholic heterosexual male. There are two stories told about Giotto's rise to fame. Both stories revolve around a well-known Italian painter named Cimabue. One version says that Cimabue caught Giotto drawing one of his father's sheep on a rock when he was twelve. Cimabue loved his work so much that he took him on as a student. Another version says that while he was apprenticed to a wool merchant Giotto visited Cimabue's studio so often that the artist was finally allowed to study. Giotto was happy ...