Giotto, The Lamentation

Giotto, The Lamentation, 1305, Proto-Renaissance

1) This extra-biblical painting rejected the Byzantine traditions of a gold leaf background and elongated faces while maintaining the gold plate-like halos

2) Famous for a new, dynamic level of emotion in expressive body language and facial expressions 

3) Implied lines toward Jesus naturally draw the audience's eyes to him (the tree in the back is the tree of knowledge, which can die finally after Adam and Eve's fall of man being forgiven by Jesus' sacrifice)