early renaissance in europe
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Early Renaissance in Europe
Chapter 17-5
Artist: Antonio del Pollaiuolo Title: Hercules and Antaeus Medium: Bronze Size: height with base 18" (45.7 cm) Date: c. 1475 Multi talented artist Medici court -did mostly small bronze pieces Dynamic characters with explosive energy Meant to be held in the hands and turned Patrons began to collect more Greek and roman subject matter
Title: Albarello cylindrical pharmacy jar, from Faenza Medium: Glazed ceramic Size: height 12 ⅜" (31.5 cm) Date: c. 1480 Albarello- jar for pharmacies Tall concave shape Shape allowed for? Sometimes, owner or contents were inscribed on bottle Made from terra cotta and multi colored glazes Decorated in rich deep colors Influenced by who??
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Artist: Masaccio Title: Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors Medium: Fresco Size: 21' X 10"5" (6.4 X 3.2 m) Date: c. 1425–27/28 Source/ Museum: Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence Patron kneel at the foot of the christ- red represented governing council Corinthian and Ionic columns Linear perspective- architectural details Mary and John the evangelist- Mary Open sarcophagus- ” I was once that which you are, and what I am you will also be” Trinity
Artist: Masaccio Title: The Expulsion From Paradise Medium: Fresco Size: 7' X 2' 11" (214 X 90 cm) Date: c. 1427 Source/ Museum: Brancacci Chapel Adam and eve being thrown out of the garden of Eden Adam and Eve are shown in the nude. Although this increases the drama of the scene, it differs from Genesis 3:21 (KJV) which states, "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.“ The arch depicted at the garden entrance does not appear in the Biblical account Cry of emotion How are the two different?
Artist: Masaccio Title: The Tribute Money Medium: Fresco Size: 8'1" X 19'7" (1.87 X 1.57 m) Date: c. 1427 Source/ Museum: Brancacci Chapel
Continuous narrative halos The painting is part of a cycle on the life of Saint Peter, and describes a scene from the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus directs Peter to find a coin in the mouth of a fish in order to pay the temple tax. It owes its importance in particular to its revolutionary use of perspective and chiaroscuro.
Artist: Fra Angelico Title: Annunciation Medium: Fresco Size: 7' ½" X 19'6" (230 X 297 m) Date: c. 1438–45
This is a fresco in a corridor of the San Marco convent in Florence. Mary and the angel greet each other devoutly. painted typical Tuscan cypresses, not set anywhere holy but in Tuscany Paintings made to inspire meditation illusion of linear perspective Really tall people Also did paintings in The pope’s Private chapel in the Vatican
Artist: Andrea del Castagno Title: The Last Supper Medium: Fresco Size: approx. 16' 32' (4.6 X 9.8 m) Date: 1447
•32 ft across 15ft high •Gives the allusion of a raised instead of a humble residence it resembles a royal audience hall •Where is the focal point or vanishing point?
Artist: Andrea Mantegna Title: Camera Picta Medium: Frescoes Size: Diameter of false oculus 8'9" (2.7 m) room 62' 6" square (8 X 5 m square) Date: 1465–74 Source/ Museum: Ducal Palace, Mantua Donatello huge influence Radical perspective and foreshortening Often signed name in Greek letters, why? Began a long tradition of ceiling painting
Artist: Perugino Title: The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter Medium: Fresco Size: 11'5½" X 18' 8½" (3.48 X 5.70 m) Date: 1481 Source/ Museum: On the right wall of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome Christ giving the keys to the kingdom of heaven to St. Peter Ideal city Elements? Contrast? Important!
Artist: Piero della Francesca Title: Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: each 18 ½ X 13" (47 X 33 cm) Date: c. 1474 •Companion portraits •Similar to? •How?
•Strict profile •Lost of eyes and scars and broken nose
•Continuous background •Eye draw to the background by?
•Could have been hinged once as a diptych
Artist: Sandro Botticelli Title: Primavera Medium: Tempera on wood panel Size: 6'8" X 10'4" (2.03 X 3.15 m) Date: c. 1482
Produced for the Medici Like Flemish tapestries Fertility in Marriage…. Characters?
Artist: Sandro Botticelli Title: Birth of Venus Medium: Tempera and gold on canvas Size: 5'8⅞" X 9' 1⅞" (1.8 X 2.8 m) Date: c. 1484–86
Once again for the Medici Characters? Last of his mythical works
Artist: Sandro Botticelli Title: Mystic Nativity Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 42 X 29½" (106.7 X 74.9 cm) Date: 1500 Mary kneels in adoration of the child Mystic vision Joseph hides head, magi, shepherds, and angels kneel and rejoice Tiny devils try to escapes from the bottom of the painting angels wrestle with Greek classical figures??? By the end of his life Botticelli gave up painting altogether
Artist: Gentile Bellini Title: Procession of the Relic of the True Cross before the Church of Saint Mark Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12' X 24'5" (3.67 X 7.45 m) Date: 1496
•Celebrated daily life •Occurred 5- years before painting, relic of true cross was being carried around Venice when a miraculous healing occurred •Cityscape rendered with accuracy and detail
Artist: Giovanni Bellini Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Job, Dominic, Sebastian, and Louis of Toulouse (Computer reconstruction) Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 15'4" X 8'4" (4.67 X 2.54 m) Date: c. 1478 “holy conversation” Perspective view of vaulted apse Lines converge where? Figures placed in classical architecture Byzantine elements added also Reminiscent of the Trinity by Masaccio St. Sebastian shot with arrow…ouch
Artist: Giovanni Bellini Title: Saint Francis In Ecstasy Medium: Oil and tempera on wood panel Size: 49 x 55⅞" (125 X 142 cm) Date: c. 1470’s Saint walks forward to embrace natures His hand are out stretched in the stigmata Lots of symbols The spring… Grapes… The tree… Bellini goes on to influence Da Vinci