1. Giotto was launched in July 1985 and almost 70 percent of its original instruments remained intact.

2. Do you remember our dog whom you named Giotto?

3. Giotto: No . I can not forget it . Thank you . Aludi .

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4. Giotto: I know it. But there are many things I will sovle .

5. Giotto is to European history of art what Dante is to European history of literature.

6. Giotto apparently justified the sad expression on Joseph's face in one of his frescoes, saying that it was natural as he saw that his wife was pregnant without knowing by whom.

7. Giotto saw traditional Byzantine madonnas painted according to a formula that had satisfied everyone for centuries, and to him they looked wooden and unnatural.

8. One story about Giotto tells how he sent Pope Boniface VIII a perfect circle painted with a single brushstroke when asked for samples of his work. The Pope was apparently very impressed.

9. This, and the remaining frescoes, are not attributed to Giotto.

10. The technique was used on works by the 14th century artist Giotto di Bondone, considered by critics to be one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance.

11. A devil's face hidden for centuries has been revealed in a fresco by the Italian renaissance master Giotto.

12. Today's restorers are seeing the details Michelangelo saw when he admired the paintings by Giotto, considered one of the artists who sowed the seeds for the Italian Renaissance.

13. When Halley's Comet returned in 1986, it was met by several rocket probes, including two Japanese probes, the two Soviet Vegas, and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) Giotto craft.