Describe one or two ways that giottos painting the mourning of christ differs from the work of his predecessors

His figures seem to occupy a real space, and we seem to be witnessing a real event as if the figures were acting it out on a stage. Giotto shows us convincingly how each figure reflects the grief of the tragic scene.

it demonstrate the egyptian kingdom love for the natural world

this is beacause beside the hippos blue gaze,the body was painted with the outlines of river plants, which symbolizing the marshes in which the animal lived. the figurine of the hippo named willian originates from the middle kingdom during the 12th dynasty.