Raising of Lazarus 1306

Giotto's *Raising of Lazarus* (1306) is a fresco located in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. This work depicts the biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Giotto, a leading artist of the early Renaissance, painted this scene with a sense of naturalism that broke from the flatness of traditional Byzantine art. His figures are three-dimensional and have a sense of movement, while the landscape is rendered with a new level of realism. The emotional intensity of the scene is palpable, with the figures expressing a range of emotions, from the despair of Lazarus's sisters to the awe of those witnessing the miracle.