1. Chapter 17 Part 2: Artistic developments (Architecture and Scientific Perspective)

2. Classical models: Doors of Florence Baptistery (1401-1402) Brunelleschi’s dome of Florence Cathedral (1420-1436) Scientific perspective San Lorenzo (1421-1469) Doors of Paradise (1425-37) Masaccio’s Trinity with the virgin (1425) Classical freestanding sculpture Donatello’s David (1440) Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504)

3. Mythological themes Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Birth of Venus (1480). Illusionism: Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476) Mantegna’s Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74 Leonardo da Vinci Sfumato, psychological portrayal

5. Brunelleschi Sacrifice at the center Gothic verticality: three rising planes. Crowded, figures spill out Dramatic tension Ghiberti Introduction of classical models: torso, toga. Introduction of landscape: sense of real space. Diagonal lines, cohesion

6. Filippo Brunelleschi Technical challenge: to cover and octagonal gap, 140 foot wide: without the uses of buttresses. limited use of scaffolding.

7. Pisa’s Baptistery View of the interior (support)

8. Brunelleschi travelled to Rome to study Roman domes. Where can you study a dome in Rome? Pantheon, 2 nd cent. CE.

9. Model: Rome, Pantheon, 2 nd cent. CE

10. Internal structure of vertical and horizontal ribs. Elongated dome, rather than semicircular. Double cover with brick outside. Use of each brick layer as scaffolding.

12. Brunelleschi: Church of San Lorenzo, (1421-1469) Sense of balance and proportion. Use of scientific perspective and geometry. Search for harmony as a reflection of the divinity. Use of Classical models (Roman basilica)

13. Lorenzo Ghiberti East side of the Baptistery Themes: Old testament

15. Use of classical models Scientific perspective: convergence of lines at the vanishing point. Landscape and architectural detail create a sense of real space and guide the viewer to the vanishing point. Low and high relief.

16. Masaccio Trinity of Santa Maria Novella (1425) Visual effects? Vanishing point? Donors? Origin of architectural details?

17. -Trompe l’oeil: vault and architectural details Donors in the foreground. Vanishing point: Christ Perspective from viewer’s viewpoint (down). Architecture: Roman triumphal arch.

19. The Tribute Money, 1420