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talented and famous around the world, is the brightest star in the constellation of artists who came to America from the former USSR in 1991.
talented and famous around the world, is the brightest star in the constellation of artists who came to America from the former USSR in 1991.





![Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɔtto di bonˈdoːne]; c. 1267 – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto (UK: /ˈdʒɒtoʊ/,US: /dʒiˈɒtoʊ, ˈdʒɔːtoʊ/) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period.
Giottos contemporary, the banker and chronicler Giovanni Villani, wrote that Giotto was the most sovereign master of painting in his time, who drew all his figures and their postures according to nature and of his publicly recognized talent and excellence. In his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Giorgio Vasari described Giotto as making a decisive break with the prevalent Byzantine style and as initiating the great art of painting as we know it today, introducing the technique of drawing accurately from life, which had been neglected for more than two hundred years.
Music:
Violin Sonata no. 2 in A minor Giotto di Bondone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ondLdJ-jues/mqdefault.jpg)
![Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (US: /deɪˈɡɑː/ or UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡɑ]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.
Music:
Kingdom Hearts Piano Medley II by TrustPiano is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Edgar Degas](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p3zFZCQGxu8/mqdefault.jpg)



