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Amore Taming Lion
1444
bronze
Pisanello
patron:leonello d'este
Done for leonello's marriage to mary of aragorn
leonello is lion. tamed by love and marriage
eagle=aragon
sheet music=importance of music.
allegorical |
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March
Franchesco del Cossa
1470
fresco
patron: borso d'este
pleasure palace
top: allegorical triumph (med lit) mid: zodiac bottom: borso
capricorn. top is idealized. classical architecture. ferrara pictured. very colourful. melds classic revival and gothic aesthetic |
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April
Francesco del cossa
1470
fresco
patr: borso d'este
triumph of love-venus seduces mars. sim to lion being tamed by love
taurus in mid
classical architecture in scene with borso and advisors |
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Sant' Andrea
Alberti
1470
patr:Marquis Ludovico Gonzaga
church
relic of holy blood
one of first totally brand new totally classical buildings
supposed to look like triumphal arch
triumph of christ over death (condottiere triumph)
has coffered barrel vaulted ceilings like arches
all focus on altar: ie blood relic. references imperial temple of maxentius and arch of constantine |
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Triumphs of Caesar
Mantegna
1485-90s
tempera on canvas
patr: most likely francesco ii gonzaga
9 canvases
shows triumphal procession of caesar over gauls. caeser being crowned by a child dressed as victory at very end
very precises. looked at plutarch writing and flavio biondo.
NO gonzaga or mantuan ref.
completely classical and historical and secular |
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Triumphs of Caesar
Mantegna
1485-90s
tempera on canvas
patr: most likely francesco ii gonzaga
9 canvases
shows triumphal procession of caesar over gauls. caeser being crowned by a child dressed as victory at very end
very precises. looked at plutarch writing and flavio biondo.
NO gonzaga or mantuan ref.
completely classical and historical and secular |
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Brera Altar Piece
1472-74
Piero della Francesca
oil
patr: fredrerico del montrefeltro
federico kneels in front of sacred conversation. in honor of wife (Who is missing bc dead)
mary look like wife
ostritch eggs= fertility (Died in child birth)
john the evangelist holds book next to head saying hes smart
in full armor. military import. |
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Urbino Studiolo
Francesco di Giorgio, Giuliano da Maiano
Wood intarsia
1476
patr:federico
pleasure palace. books. armor. musical instrument
v. naturalistic.
optical illusion
all wood
very expensive |
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