370-330 BC

Contrapposto: straight leg bears weight, shoulders move in opposition to hips, implies sculpture's forward movement through space

Used as a resource by Michelangelo for his David

1. Botticelli, Calumny of Apelles, 1495
2. Recreation of ancient painting by Apelles, described by Lucretius
3. Symbolic representation of slander
4. humanism and perspective ideals come together

1. Botticelli, Primavera, 1482
2. Figures reference classical poetry (Zephyr grabs Chloris, who turned into Flora
3. Modern clothing/ modern ideal of the body
4. Return of golden age in court of Lorenzo D'Medici

1. Designed 1416-18, San Lorenzo, Florence, designed 1416-18, begun 1422; work stopped 1429-42. 
2. completed 1494; for Cosimo de’ Medici (Pater Patriae; Cosimo il Vecchio; exiled 1433-4); Old Sacristy 1422-8; commissioned Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici
3. All proportions based on the Old Sacristy: modular design
4. Viewer feels at one with the space

Brunelleschi, Dome of Florence Cathedral, 1417-18 designed, built 1420-36.  

Campin, Salting Madonna (Madonna of the Firescreen), 1420’s

Giotto, Crucifix, Sta. Maria Novella, Florence, c. 1290-1300

Da Vinci, Last Supper, Last Supper, refectory of monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, 1495-9

Van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding, 1434

Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami; Giovanni from Lucca, Italy. 

Masaccio, Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, Brancacci Chapel, Sta Maria del

Carmine, Florence; 1426-8

Campin, Mérode Altarpiece, ca. 1425-30

Donatello

            David, bronze, 1440’s?

Comparison to David 

Cimabue, Crucifix, San Domenico, Arezzo, c. 1270

Masaccio, Holy Trinity, 1426-8

First time one-point perspective was painted

Masolino, Temptation of Adam and Eve

Brancacci Chapel

1424-7