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Compare and Contrast: St. Matthew the Evangelist from the Gospel book and The Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Fra Fillip Lippi
EARLY RENAISSANCE Cupola- rounded convex roof, dome of small size Tondo- round shaped painting (The Adoration of the Magi) Foreshortening- method of applying perspective to an object or figure so that it seems to recede making it appear 3d
EARLY RENAISSANCE Compare and contrast Reims Cathedral to Brunelleschi’s Cathedral of Florence.
EARLY RENAISSANCE Renaissance- Rebirth of greatness Going back to Greek and Roman ideals Four Big Breakthroughs: Oil on stretched canvas Perspective Use of light and shadow/ Chiaroscuro(Light/dark) Pyramid configuration
EARLY RENAISSANCE Filippo Brunelleschi Architect and sculptor “Renaissance man” Discovered scientific perspective- accurately showing 3d forms on paper Initiated new style of building Measured and studied Roman buildings and remains won competition to design dome over Florence Cathedral Designed system of hoists- elimnated scaffolding and ramps
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San Lorenzo
EARLY RENAISSANCE Lorenzo Ghiberti 1401 competition
EARLY RENAISSANCE Lorenzo Ghiberti 20+ yrs to finish More commission- impressed Used pictorial space and one-point perspective Worked with light to create space- how?
EARLY RENAISSANCE Ghiberti Gate of Paradise Gilt Bronze Relief
EARLY RENAISSANCE Masaccio Founder of early Renaissance painting “Sloppy Tom” First since Giotto to paint beings not as linear column Studied Gentile de Fabriano and Giotto Used light to create depth Atmospheric perspective
EARLY RENAISSANCE Masaccio, Tribute Money, 1427, Fresco
EARLY RENAISSANCE Donatello Recaptured Classical sculpture Contrapposto David- first freestanding nude since Classical- lost wax casting Symbolism- head of Goliath, Duke of Milan/ David, Florence Decoration in Medici garden Brutal naturalism/ capable of movement
EARLY RENAISSANCE Donatello Gattamelata Bronze
EARLY RENAISSANCE Donatello David Bronze Mary Magdalen Bronze
EARLY RENAISSANCE Sandro Botticelli Decorative linear style- Byzantine throwback Rebirth of Classical mythology Fine outline, smooth lines Allegorical- Venus, water, Spring- Christ, baptism and John Rebirth of humanity One of first on canvas, not wood panel Addition of self portrait Complex arrangement of figures Pyramid configuration Pope Sixtus IV commission- Sistine Chapel Neoplatonism- reconcile Classical philosophies with Christianity
EARLY RENAISSANCE Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482, tempera on canvas
EARLY RENAISSANCE Botticelli The Adoration of the Magi 1470’s early Tempera on panel
EARLY RENAISSANCE Botticelli, Primavera, , Tempera on canvas
EARLY RENAISSANCE Stop and Research: Neoplatonism vs Humanism Why were Neoplatonists able to “read” Birth of Venus so easily? What contemporary visual allegories can students document and explain? What will viewers in the future have to know to interpret these works? (commercials, music videos, etc…)
EARLY RENAISSANCE Fra Angelico Late Gothic painter Guido di Piero Careful perspective Frailty of people Master landscape painter Introduced tondo painting depth of space Foreshadowing of genre
EARLY RENAISSANCE Fra Angelico The Annunciat ion Fresco
EARLY RENAISSANCE Donatello brought interest in perspective, etc to Venetian art 11 year stay in Padua Andrea Mantegna Dead Christ 1466 Canvas
EARLY RENAISSANCE No Questions! Playing Cards: Artist Medium Date Location Subject/ Explanation