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From Gothic to Renaissance 14 th Century Italian Art (aka Proto-Renaissance) Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, 1280 1290, Tempera on wood, app. 12x7 Slide 2 Look back to Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, 9-13 BC: artist is concerned with natural depiction of human beings Slide 3 Ara Pacis St. Gall Gospels, 7 th Century Medieval artists are not concerned with naturalism instead, they concentrated on the spiritual Slide 4 St. Gall Gospels Jeremiah, St. Pierre, Moissac, 12 th Century Abstract, stylized human images of the Middle Ages Slide 5 Jeremiah AnnunciationVisitation Reims Cathedral, 13 th Century Slide 6 Slide 7 Northern Europe 12 th Century Romanesque 13 th Century Gothic 14 th Century Intl Gothic 15 th Century Renaissance Slide 8 Northern Europe 12 th Century Romanesque 13 th Century Gothic 14 th Century Intl Gothic 15 th Century Renaissance Italian Peninsula 12 th Century Romanesque 13 th Century Italo-Byzantine 14 th Century Proto-Renaiss 15 th Century Renaissance Antiquity Gothic Nat. Giotto Slide 9 GOD Spiritual Realm (Faith & Divine Revelation ) MAN Earthly World (Reason) Cathedral Slide 10 GOD Spiritual Realm (Faith & Divine Revelation ) MAN Earthly World (Reason) Slide 11 GOD Spiritual Realm (Faith & Divine Revelation ) MAN Earthly World (Reason) Slide 12 Factors Influencing the Renaissance in Italy: Religion Humanism: power of reason individual achievement recognition of talent & genius (fame) civic responsibility love of classical culture & learning Capitalism: competition among city-states new art patrons Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Giotto di Bondone c. 1266-1337 Painting by Paolo Uccello, 15 th Century Cimabue thought that in painting, He commanded the field, and now Giotto has the acclaim... - Dante Purgatorio The Proto-Renaissance in Italy (14 th Century) Slide 16 Madonna, Margaritone, c. 1270 Ognissanti Madonna, Giotto, c. 1310 Slide 17 Giotto, The Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Padua, Italy, Fresco, c.1305 Slide 18 Slide 19 The Lamentation, Giotto, Arena Chapel Slide 20 Joachim & Anna Scenes, Giotto, Arena Chapel Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of Maesta altarpiece, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1308-1311, Tempera on wood, 7 x13 Slide 24 Betrayal of Jesus detail from the back of Maesta