Giotto, Preaching to the Birds

Description

It is one of the most famous scenes of the cycle, because it tells an episode much loved by popular devotion. The saint is represented and his face expresses great sweetness. The trees are at life-size, unlike those painted in the Byzantine landscapes of scenes such as the "Alms of the Cloak" or the Miracle of the Spring" The background is of a captivating simplicity, with trees in spring on the background of the sky decorated with lapis lazuli; in the central part the color has partly fallen leaving a clearer tone.