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Brunelleschi
Florence
15th Century
Called “Hospital of the Innocents” prior to resent naming, today not recognized by scholars
Current name b/c orphanage
--> “Hospital” b/c hospital originally means “a place to stay”
Welcomed orphans into building, hence Foundling Hospital
Secular structure
Many health problems in Florence --> many orphans --> built an orphanage
Actively drawing away from gothic architecture
--> In part b/c viewed as foreign (French)
------> Pursuit of return to own culture (Italy – Roman roots)
Loggia – porch - rhythmic, mathematical and organized structure
Enameled medallions - realistic children depicted |
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Brunelleschi
Florence
15th Century
1st fully Ren. church (in style), neighborhood church
Roman influence
---> rounded arches, flat roof, square pattern, much brighter (no stained glass, less mysterious, and lots of white
Corinthian order columns instead of piers (much lighter, not grand of awespiring) - column & capital
Paintings added later
Dedicated to St. Lawrence |
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Michelozzo
Florence
15th Century |
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Mosaccio
Florence
15th Century
In Branacacci Chapel (owned by the Medici)
Realistic
3 blended scenes
Biblical - money in fish's mouth |
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Mantegna
Mantua, Italy
15th Century
Frescos
Ducal court
Portrait - son coming home
Ornate landscape
Ceiling painted w/ sky
Trompe l’oeil - image has depth
Di sotto in su - from bottom looking up
use of humor |
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| Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter |
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Perugino
Rome (Sistine Chapel)
15th Century
fresco
linear perspective
Christian community
first pope - peter |
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| Arnolfini Double Portrait |
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Jan van Eyck
Belgium
15th century
more secular
Man and his belongings (wedding symbology?)
reflective of the time
artist signature |
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Donatello
Padua, Italy (Venice)
15th Century
bronze sculpture of equiseterian Gattamelata
use of emotion and posture for power rather than size - individualism
Underworld doors on bottom
Roman hair and attire - Renaissance traits |
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Pollaiuolo
Rome
15th Century
Small, bronze sculpture
theme - greko-roman myth, renaissance antiquity theme
human form - "action figure", realism, detail |
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Leonardo DaVinci
Milan, Italy
High Renaissance
Very innovating
Judas not apparently shown
Trinity
Interactions between apostles
John as mirror image of Christ |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Milan (?)
High Renaissance
3/4 view
Sfumato (atmospheric haze)
"The first psychological portrait"
small
famous after theft |
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Michelangelo
St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome
High Renaissance
marble sculpture
Mary cradling dead Christ
translates as pity, piety
perfection of nature, alteration for visual purposes (Mary's size so not blocked off by Christ)
---> masked by huge gown |
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Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, Rome
High Renaissance
ceiling of Sistine Chapel
God not as a sculptor, but as a birnger of life
Billowing cloth - symbol of Heaven
featuring Eve and Jesus
Male figures in perfect physique
Connection between man and christ - God pointing |
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Michelangelo
Florence, Italy
High Renaissance
marble
In front of gov't building
David & Goliath (Medici = Goliath)
showing worry - more pragmatic rather than triumphant
compare to Donatello's David |
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| New St. peter's (2nd plan) |
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Michelangelo (and others)
Vatican, Rome
16th Century
Dome influenced all future domes (rounder than Florence duomo)
Simpler, built for larger crowds
still central plan |
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Parmigianino
16th Century
mannerist (originates from michelangelo) |
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Pontormo
Florence, Italy
16th Century
Cartoonish, very mannerist
---> exaggerated gestures, emotion, clutter
Self-portrait inc.
tilted perspective |
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Anguissola
16th Century
Set in Poland
display of wealth and status
---> chess as game of power, opulent garb, presence of governess, etc.
Signed on chess board in latin - competence
gestures and emotions on faces - younger sisters
Chess NOT as a sex symbol |
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Giorgione
Venice
High Renaissance
early example of landscape as the topic (strange that in Venice b/c no landscape)
...a tempest...
Not mannerist (none in Venice)
painting about mood more than context
meaning an intellectual puzzle |
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Titian
Venice
Renaissance
courtesan
in same pose as Giorgione's Sleeping Venus
rich, lady of leisure, beautiful - idea of ideal wife
dog - symbol of fidelity, faith and harmony
sexual component |
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