==Works=====Early years===Tradition holds that Giotto was born in a hilltop farmhouse, perhaps at Colle di Romagnano or Romignano; since 1850 a tower house in nearby Colle Vespignano, a hamlet 35 kilometres north of Florence, has borne a plaque claiming the honour of his birthplace, an assertion commercially publicized.
Giottov sodobnik, bankir in kronist Giovanni Villani je zapisal, da je Giotto »najbolj suveren mojster slikarstva tedanjega časa, ki je vse like in njihove položaje obdelal v skladu z naravo.