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Historical Timeline Italy - city states controlled by ruling. Rulers are called princes Competition between city states for grandest halls and cathedrals.

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1 Historical Timeline Italy - city states controlled by ruling. Rulers are called princes Competition between city states for grandest halls and cathedrals Princely courts commission art - more focus on the secular rather than the sacred Application of science and math to art Patronage and Artistic Life Family would have private chapels in local churches - commission artwork Paintings are identified by patron’s chapels Influence of the patrons - preference for style; control of the subject including placement of donors in religious works; choice of medium Training programs for artists ART HISTORY STUDY GUIDE: Chapter 21 - Renaissance 15th C Italy Key Ideas: Humanisn - focus on the human form and the secular along with the religious Revitalization of classical ideals - literature, history, and philosophy Development of linear perspective and atmospheric perspective to convey three dimensional space Revival of large scale nudes Architecture opens up light spaces, balanced and symmetrical

2 ART HISTORY STUDY GUIDE: Chapter 21 - Renaissance 15th C Italy Innovations in Painting Linear perspective - Filippo Brunelleschi Tromp l’oeil technique - “fool the eye” use of perspective Atmospheric perspective - things further away are smaller, blurred and bluer Foreshortening - altering the image to project or recess from the picture plane Light source is outside the picture plane Triangular composition - figures raised to heaven Early Renaissance dominated by Religious paintings but then move to portraits and mythological scenes reflecting humanism Exploration of the male nude

3 Innovations in Architecture Dome of Florence Cathedral - two domes, one inside the other Lantern on the top of the dome Herring bone pattern of the brick construction gives it strength Renaissance architecture based on geometry - Vitruvious Palaces - multilevels - some inspired by Colloseum Rusticated exteriors Innovations in Sculpture Perspective used in sculpture as well as painting Relief castings and carving create a sense of space ART HISTORY STUDY GUIDE: Chapter 21 - Renaissance 15th C Italy Major Artistic Characteristics:

4 Vocabulary Humanism Orthogonal Pilaster Quattrocento Rusticate Trompe l’oeil Lantern Linear perspective Atmospheric perspective Vanishing point Horizon line symmetrical Images/Names to Know Architecture Dome of Florence Cathedral/Brunelleschi Palazzo Rucellai/Alberti Sant’ Andrea/Alberti Painting Holy Trinity/Masaccio Tribute Money/Masaccio Annunciation/Angelico The Last Supper/Castagno Room of the Newlyweds (ceiling)/Mantegna Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter/Perugino Birth of Venus/Botticelli Birth of the Virgin/Ghirlandaio Damned Cast Into Hell/Signorelli Sculpture Sacrifice of isaac/Ghiberti Sacrifice of Isaac/Brunelleschi Gates of Paradise and Isaac with Jacob/Ghiberti Four Crowned Saints/di Banco David/Donatello Gattamelata/Donatello Colleoni/del Verrocchi ART HISTORY STUDY GUIDE - Chapter 21 Renaissance 15th C Italy Innovations in Luxury/Alternative Arts:


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