St. John the Evangelist

Saint John the Evangelist from 1320 by Giotto depicts the youngest of Christ's apostles, the author of the fourth Gospel and the Book of Revelation. Giotto's individual saint panels gave these holy figures a human gravitas that made them accessible to viewers in a new way Giotto di Bondone fundamentally transformed Western painting by introducing a new sense of three-dimensional figures, emotional expression, and narrative coherence that would underpin European art for centuries.

The figure of John is rendered with Giotto's characteristic three-dimensional solidity, the evangelist presented with individual features and a dignified bearing.