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Donatello’s St. Mark – 1411-13
Is in a niche at the Orsanmichele in Florence
7’9” marble Draped in cloth ala that which had made
the Florentine linen weavers famous Carved veins on L. hand; contrappasto pose
w/ weight on R. foot; concentration on face Natural folds reveal structure of body – diff.
from medieval which was more concerned w/ surface than underlying structure
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St. Mark Displayed in a niche
about 3 feet off ground, used foreshortening to make proportions seem correct
Niche created by Perfetto di Giovanni and Albizzo di Pietro in 1411
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Of Donatello, Giorgio Vasari (1511-
74) said: “Donatello was such an
artist that he can be said to have been one of the first…to render illustrious the art of good design by his practice, good judgement, and knowledge.”
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Brunelleschi’sOspendale degli Innocenti- 1419-24
Commissioned by silk workers’ guild Façade features a long loggia, a
gallery or arcade supported by columns
Series of rounded arches supported by Corinthian-like arches gives rhythm
Corinthian-LIKE because capitals are Brun’s own style playing on the ancient type
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Brunelleschi’s Foundling Hospital
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Ospedale…
Line drawn across capitals would give squares; height of each column = diameter of each arch
Arches are topped with a stringcourse –horizontal line – and then windows topped with pediments emphasize the symmetry
Important because it is evidence of the important role guilds played in art patronage an as philanthropic agents in the 15th century
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pedimentcapitals proportions
stringcourse
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Alberti’s Sant’ Andrea
Remodeled 11th century structure already on the site in Mantua
Based on ancient Roman architecture, it is an adaptation of a basilica floor plan
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Basilica of St. Peter in Rome
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Sant’ Andrea
Alberti rejected the typical long aisles and colonnades, instead employing piers to separate side chapels
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Sant’ Andrea
Completed for Ludovico Gonzaga, marquis of Mantua
Contained an important relic: tradition says that St. Longinus, the
soldier who pierced the side of Jesus, brought with him the relic of the Precious Blood, preserved in a beautiful reliquary in the crypt of the church of Sant' Andrea.
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Sant’ Andrea facade
Roman triumphal arch Roman
temple front
Coffered barrelvault
pilasterarchway
pediment
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Da Sangallo’s Palazzo Farnese (Farnese Palace) Begun in 1517 by Alessandro
Farnese in Rome He became Pope Paul III in
1534, expanded his plans, and recruited da Sangallo as the palace’s chief architect
Da Sangallo died in 1546, before project was completed
Michelangelo took over until HIS death in 1564
FINALLY completed by Vignola & della Porta in 1589
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Farnese Palace
Go to p. 24 & 25
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Farnese Palace Ceiling
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Farnese
According to Paolo Cortesi in On the Cardinalate, the cardinal’s palace had to be opulent to broadcast the Church’s power and to increase its control over the people
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Van Eyck’s The Annunciation Commissioned by Duke Phillip the
Good of Burgundy Originally part of a triptych altar piece
Example ofA triptych
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The Annunciation
Angel Gabriel Virgin Mary
“Ave Gratia Plena” “Ecce Ancilla Domini”
Reds & blues = patron was wealthy
Draws eye to perspective line
More perspective
Lines lines lines lines lines,Detail detail detail Holy Ghost (dove) agent
of the pregnancy
White for purity
M. has been readingThe Bible
Jehova
Windows =Trinity
“Heaven is my throne,the earth is my footstool”
Tiles depict Samson & David
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The Annunciation
Annunciation now on display at National Gallery in DC
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El Greco’s Madonna and Child with St. Martina & St. Agnes
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Madonna and Child
El Greco (1547-1614) (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) arrived in Toledo in 1577
Probably trained as Greek Orthodox, finds himself in fervently Catholic Toledo, inspired to be there by the success of Italian artists in the Spanish court
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El Greco
Heavenly realm
Earthly realmLion symbolizes MartinaLamb symbolizes Agnes
Position of the saints down here echoes
the relationship of the worshippers to the
holy figuresExaggerated style
called “mannerism”
Composition emphasizes
the hierarchical relationship
of the Catholic Church, which idea
the Protestants rejected.
Because of this arrangement,
the painting can be interpreted as
reinforcing the ideas of the
Counter Reformation.
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counter reformation
n : the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation, reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)
Dictionary.com
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Mannerism
An artistic style of the late 16th century characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective*
Colors are unnatural (Mary’s face is blue)
Human figures’ limbs are elongated, thin, delicate
* dictionary.com
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St. Martina St.
Martina is patron saint of nursing mothers
St. Martina
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St. Martina
Wealthy daughter of a Christian Roman consul. On her parent's death, she gave away her riches to the poor and devoted herself to prayer. Tortured and martyred in the persecution of Alexander Severus for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods.
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Agnes is patron saint of… Affianced
couples; betrothed couples; bodily purity; chastity; girls; rape victims; Girl Scouts
St. Agnes
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St. Agnes At age 12 or 13 Agnes was ordered to sacrifice
to pagan gods and lose her virginity by rape. She was taken to a Roman temple to Minerva (Athena), and when led to the altar, she made the Sign of the Cross. She was threatened, then tortured when she refused to turn against God. Several young men presented themselves, offering to marry her, whether from lust or pity is not known. She said that to do so would be an insult to her heavenly Spouse, that she would keep her consecrated virginity intact, accept death, and see Christ.
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Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna
•Called the “Small Cowper Madonna” after its 18th century owner, Earl Cowper, who purchased it in 1780.
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Raphael’s The Small Cowper
Madonna Oil on wood Chiaroscuro emphasizes folds and
volume, giving figures solid forms Influenced by da Vinci’s works,
esp. preparatory sketches of the Virgin, the Chirst child, St. Anne, and St. John, which were on public display in Florence
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Raphael’s The Small Cowper
Madonna The strong colors of
Mary’s dress of red, her blue mantel lined in green, are typical of the period.
Thin haloes indicate divinity, but are obviously NOT the focus of the composition
Contemplative, human features
Pastoral background
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Raphael’s The Small Cowper
Madonna
Pastoral background is NOT Tuscan, even though Raphael was living in Florence at the time
Background contains convent and church of San Bernadino, in Umbria, which would seem to indicate that Rafael was working for an Unbrian patron at the time of this piece.
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Giotto’s vs Raphael’s Madonna
Giotto’s Madonna emphasizing abstract
realm of heaven; Virgin is remote and
inaccessable
Emph.on
halo
Emph. On humanism
Depiction of human qualities result of the changing focus on of Catholic practice into daily life
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Bronzino’s The Holy Family
•Long thought to be the work of Bronzino’s master, Pontormo.
•Figures: Mary; Christ child; young John the Baptist (lower right);Adult John the Baptist (lower right); Joseph
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Bronzino’s Holy Family Oil on wood Smooth finish adds to peculiar
quality of the work Shadows are harsh Mary is the focus Triangular composition Space is compressed, little
indication of depth Figures’ multiple directions lead
to dynamism and unbalance Mannerist demonstrated by
child’s twisting, semi-twisted pose
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Angelico & Filippo Lippo’s Adoration of the Magi
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Angelico & Filippo Lippo’s Adoration of the Magi
Tempera on wood panel Attribution based on style analysis
(Filippo Lippi) and Medici inventory (Angelico).
Both worked for Cosimo de’ Medici Painting is in the format of a circle
- TONDO
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Adoration Depicts Holy Family, Magi,
endless line of visitors, whose expressions range from awe to boredom. Infant, on Mary’s lap, blesses visitor; Joseph looks on.
Look at the Holy Family – Mary is huge. Why???
Haloes echo shape of tondo panel.
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Adoration Stable: People top left (nearly
naked figures,etc) indicate everyday life.
Exotic animals – camels, feline-like thing in foreground, peacock,etc – contrast w/garb of contemporary Florentines
Naturalistic work is reminiscent of Gentile da Fabriano (crowded figures, jewel tones)
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Adoration of the Magi
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Della Robbia’s The Nativity
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Della Robbia’s The Nativity
Rectangular ceramic sculpture in high relief, may have adorned exterior of a building
Glazed terracotta allows for incorporation of vivid colors
Brown & green used to draw attention to child in cradle
Mary shows emotion – different from Medieval remote images in the Greek manner (“maniera greca”)
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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity
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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity – 1428?
Crucifixion In the church of Santa Maria Novella Revealed in the 1860s when the stone
tabernacle in front of it was removed May have been commissioned by
Domenico Lenzi Fresco technique – pigment applied
directly to wet plaster
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Holy Trinity Depicts a small chapel w/
barrel vault, coffered ceiling, rounded arch, modified ionic columns
Crucified Christ, God the Father behind Him, and the Holy Ghost, in the form of a dove, hovers below God’s chin, above Christ‘s halo
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Holy Trinity Mary, in blue on left, motions the
viewers’ eyes toward her son John the Evangelist, on right,
prays. He is NOT John the Baptist. Outside the “chapel” are the
figures of the patrons who commissioned the work, the colors of their robes unifying the separate spaces.
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Holy Trinity Below the figures is a painted altar,
the front of which shows a skeleton and states: “I was once what you are and am what one day you will be.”
Remarkable for its naturalism and linear perspective creating a 3-D space on a 2-D surface through CHIAROSCURO, distribution of light and shadow to create an illusion of volumn.
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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity
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Durer’s Adam and Eve Durer 1st European artist to
achieve international reputation during his lifetime
Born in Nuremberg, stronghold of the Reformation
His works testify to his support of Luther’s ideas
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Durer’s Adam and Eve Apprenticed to Michael Wolgemut in
the production of woodblock prints. Printmaking was affordable and thus an
accessable artform for the middle class Worked in woodblock printing and
engraving, painted in oils and watercolor
Completed first Latin and German edition of the Apocalypse Book, popular because it was the end of the 15th cent.
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St. Michael and The Dragon
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Dragon with 7 heads
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Durer
•Contrapposto pose (The position of a figure in painting or sculpture in which the hips and legs are turned in a different direction from that of the shoulders and head; the twisting of a figure on its own vertical axis)reveals influence of ancient art•Demonstrates Durer’s familiarity
with Roman theorist Vitruvius, whose text on ideal body proportions inspired da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
•Engraving
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Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
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Durer
Adam’s pose is reminiscent of ancient Roman sculpture, Apollo Belvedere
Eve’s pose inspired by the Medici
Venus
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Snake
Foreshadows
modesty
Artist’s signature, in Latin, but stating that he is from Nuremberg
Elk
Cat
Ox
parrot
4 humors: melancholic
elk, choleric cat, lethargic ox, lusty rabbit rabbitParrot = false knowledge
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Michelangelo’s David
•Commissioned by the Opera del Duomo in Florence•Contemplative David, relaxed before challenging Goliath•Slingshot over his shoulder, preparing for battle•Marble; 13 feet, 5 inches tall•Carved from block called “The Giant” which had been abandoned in the 1460s after being damaged by previous sculptors.
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Michelangelo’s David
Cellini said of Michelangelo’s technique:“The best method…after having drawn
the principal view on the block, one begins to remove the marble from this side as if one were working a relief and in this way, step by step, one brings to light the whole figure.”
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Michelangelo’s David Contrapposto,
classical pose Veins and muscles
denote tension Displayed in the
Piazza della Signoria, symbolizing a new era following the devastating effects of the social and political upheaval during the Medici’s exile from Florence.
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Other Davids
Donatello’s David Verrochio’s David
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Verrocchio’s Giuliano de’Medici Made of terracotta (clay) Depicts younger sibling of Lorenzo
the Magnificent May have been commissioned to
commemorate a joust Confident, proud, strong,
fashionable Armor w/ winged head implies
strength Represents revival of portrait bust
as an artform in the Renaissance
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Guiliano d’ Medici
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daVinci’s Ginevra de’ Benci 1474 – 1480 (?) “Ginevra” pun on
ginepro – juniper – which is pictured behind her
Foreshadows techniques used in the Mona Lisa
Oil on wood panel Thin layers of glaze
= subtle luminosity
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daVinci’s Ginevra de’ Benci Very thin brushes = fine
details Can see beginnings of
sfumato (smoky haze technique) in background
Naturalistic landscape secondary
Lower section cut off; may have been intended to include her hands, ala the Mona Lisa
Called “first psychological portrait..”
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Holbein the Younger’s Sir Brian Tuke Holbein son of Holbein the Elder,
also a painter Born in Augsberg, Germany, moved
to Basel, Switzerland In Basel, friend to humanist writer
Erasmus of Rotterdam Thru Erasmus, met Thomas More
(Utopia) Converted to Protestantism to
avoid persecution Had to move to England because
Basel’s religious environment made it difficult for artists to work freely
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Holbein the Younger’s Sir Brian Tuke Appointed court
painter to Henry VIII in 1532
Painted portraits of Henry, several of Henry’s wives, and Edward IV, Henry’s heir
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Sir Brian Tuke 1527
Restrained elegance and
wealth
Pointing to paper
“Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me
alone, that I may take comfort
a little”
A momento mori, reminder of
death,reminiscent
of Masaccio’s Holy Trinity
skeleton
Tuke’s personal motto:“Upright and forward”
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Oil on canvas Subtle gradations of light &
shadow create illusion of volumetric forms
Use of light and color is VENETIAN, distinguished from central Italian style
Titian’s Venus with a Mirror
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Titian’s Venus with a Mirror
Goddess of loveHer son, Cupid
A putto placing floral wreath
on head, hand on
her arm for support
“Wow, I’m beautiful!” and modest
Fabric a tribute to Venetian
textile industry
Dark setting puts focus on Venus
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