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 aged and his face expresses great sweetness. The trees are 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 captivatingly simple, with trees in spring against the backdrop of the sky decorated with lapis lazuli; in the central part the color has partly fallen leaving a lighter tone.