Giotto paints figures that have mass and warmth to their bodies and exist in three dimensions using light and shadow, unlike the elongated figures from the gothic period. He uses drapery and bulky shapes with emotion to show the first real - looking human in a long time. Giotto forms human emotion to reflect the human importance of life on earth with a clarity of the narrative and gestures.
Giotto creates a relationship between space and his paintings, symbolizing the space that humanity occupies. Giotto also makes sure the people in the paintings are front and center. He wants the main focus to be on the human interaction by using landscape and objects to lead eyes to the focus of the painting. He also creates an allusion of space and an interest in individuality and the way people express emotion. The placement of the feet are to display gravity and the way the ground is to root figures or to allow people to move from the picture and into the other paintings on the wall