Online Paintings

When it comes to the art of painting, most agree Giotto di Bondone started it approximately around 1300 BCE.

Some of Giotto's work in its unique form was lost to humanity until a restoration project happening inside Florence's Santa Croce Basilica made a startling discovery.

Using ultraviolet light, a team of researchers from a renowned Florentine art restoration firm, saw information’s of Giotto paintings in the Peruzzi Chapel, which had been brutally damaged by whitewashing centuries ago.

Completed in 1320, the a secco paintings represent’s the scenes from the lives of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.

Unfortunately, the bright detail ultraviolet light draws out will likely never avail itself to public viewing. The light would only further damage the paintings in comprehensive usage.