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Madonna & Child (Painting), Bernardo Daddi

Tempera & gold on wood panel

1346 (late Gothic, 14th century Florence,Italy)Tabernacle, Andrea OrcagnaMarble, mosaic, gold, lapis lazuliSize: n/aProbably begun 1355, completed 1359Replacement painting for miracle image of Madonnaand Child. Florence - Orcagna member ofstone/woodworkers guildArchitectural sculpture to honor Daddi’s paintingChurch as Orsanmichele, power & patronage inFlorentine RepublicPilgrimages to this artwork, estates left to thisartworkPlace to distribute alms (food, money) to the poorflashcard

Life of John the Baptist,

Andrea Pisano

Gilded bronze door, Baptistry of SanGiovanni, Florence, 1330-36.

Each panel tells story of Life of Johnthe Baptist.

Continues Gothic revival of large scalebronze relief sculptures.

Florence cathedral (Duomo) designedby sculptors and painters.

Virgin & Child Enthroned, Cimabue

1280 (late Gothic Italy - Florence)

Tempera & gold on wood panel

*Painting shows transformation ofByzantine style

Set precedent (at 12 ft tall) formonumental altarpieces

Byzantine proportions; highlighteddrapery with gold.

Space: viewer suspended in front ofimage

Space: forms delicatedly modeled inlight and shade

More naturalistic figures!!!!!!

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Laid groundwork for Renaissance andGiotto…… know this….

Virgin & Child Enthroned, Giotto

•Tempera & gold on wood panel

•11 feet high, 1305, late Gothic Italy

•Most likely painted for church in Florence

•Groundbreaking spatial consistency…more realistic modeling of figures andperspective, more natural position of Maryand baby Jesus

•“Giotto outshone the fame of Cimabue,as a great light outshines a lesser” -Vasari

•Vasari also said that Giotto put an end tothe “crude” maniera grecia (Byzantinetraditions of painting)

•Giotto excelled in narrative painting andbringing in humanism into his artwork

•Major part of Florentine school of painting

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Lamentation, Giotto from Arena Chapel, Padua… 61/2 ft by 6 ft section…

Off center composition to emphasize Mary mourning Jesus’ death; diagonal ride frombare tree w/angels in background

Direct, emotional impact of art (Franciscan monks?) - Florentine school of painting

Maesta (Virgin & Child in Majesty), Duccio, Siena Cathedral, 1308-11.

Foremost Siennese painter in Late Gothic period.

Part of huge panel 14’ high; over predella with life of Jesus

Naturalistic, courtly style, brilliant palette of colors flashcard

Allegory of Good Government in the City, Lorenzetti, 1338, Siennese school

Powerful vision of orderly society, realistic perspective, Security plus gallows,

Also did painting of life in the country

Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, grisaille and color on vellum, small book 1325.

Monochromatic painting technique (B&W mostly), narrative cycles of Life of Christ,Joys & Sorrows of Virgin, space is like Sienese; by Jean Pucelle

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Rottgen Pieta, or Vesperbild

Wood, 14th century (late Gothic Germany)

Expressivism, suffering and emotion

Possibly influence by tragedies in Europe;plague, famine, wars.

34” high

Pieces like this would influence Germanexpressivism for centuries