Architecture of Brunelleschi and Alberti

Development of Linear Perspective

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Figure 21-30 FILIPPO BRUNELLLESCHI,

cutaway view of the dome of Florence Cathedral,

Florence, Italy, 1420-1436 ( after Piero Sanpaolesi).

Brunelleschi, Foundling Hospital, Florence

4 Figure 21-31 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, interior of Santo Spirito (looking northeast), Florence, Italy, designed 1434–

1436; begun ca. 1436.

5 Figure 21-32 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, early plan (left) and plan as constructed (right) of Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy,

designed 1434–1436; begun 1446.

FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, exterior of Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy, designed 1434–1436; begun ca.

1436.

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Figure 21-33 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI,

facade of the Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce,

Florence, Italy, begun ca. 1440.

8 Figure 21-34 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, plan of the Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence, Italy designed

ca. 1423, begun 1442.

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Figure 21-35 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI,

interior of the Pazzi Chapel (looking northeast),

Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, designed ca.1423,

begun 1442, with glazed terracotta roundels by

Luca della Robbia.

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Figure 21-36 MICHELOZZO DI

BARTOLOMMEO, facade of the Palazzo Medici-

Riccardi, Florence, Italy, begun 1445.

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Figure 21-37 MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO, interior court of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, Italy,

begun 1445.

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Figure 21-38 LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI

BERNARDO ROSSELLINO, Palazzo Rucellai,

Florence, Italy, ca. 1452–1470.

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Figure 21-39 LEON BATTISTA

ALBERTI, west facade of Santa

Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca.

1456–1470.

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Figure 21-44 LEON BATTISTA

ALBERTI, west facade of Sant’Andrea,

Mantua, Italy, designed 1470, begun 1472.

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Figure 21-45 LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI, plan of Sant’Andrea, Mantua, Italy, designed 1470, begun 1472.

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Figure 21-46 LEON BATTISTA

ALBERTI, interior of Sant’Andrea (looking

northeast), Mantua, Italy, designed 1470,

begun 1472.

Where have we seen this coffered

barrel vault before?

Perspective in Painting and

Relief

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Figure 21-40 PERUGINO, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy, 1481–

1483. Fresco, 11’ 5 1/2” x 18’ 8 1/2”.

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Figure 21-26 PAOLO UCCELLO, Battle of San Romano, ca. 1455 (?). Tempera on wood, approx. 6’ x 10’ 5”. National

Gallery, London.

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Figure 21-17 GENTILE DA

FABRIANO, Adoration of the

Magi, altarpiece from Strozzi

Chapel, Santa Trinità,

Florence, Italy, 1423. Tempera

on wood, approx. 9’ 11” x 9’

3”. Galleria degli Uffizi,

Florence.

Carlo Crivelli’s, Annunciation with Saint

Emidius

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Figure 21-24 DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, Birth of the Virgin, Cappella Maggiore, Santa Maria Novella, Florence,

Italy, 1485–1490. Fresco, 24’�4” x�14’�9”.

Ghiberti,

Solomon and

Sheba,

Baptistery,

Florence

26 Figure 21-21 FRA ANGELICO, Annunciation, San Marco, Florence, Italy, ca. 1438–1447. Fresco, 7’ 1” x 10’ 6”.

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Figure 21-23 FRA FILIPPO LIPPI, Madonna and

Child with Angels, ca. 1455. Tempera on wood, 2’ 11

1/2”. x 2’ 1”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

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Figure 21-22 ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO, Last Supper, the refectory, convent of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy, 1447.

Fresco, 15’ 5” x 32’.

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Figure 21-42 PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA,

Enthroned Madonna and Saints Adored by Federico da

Montefeltro (Brera Altarpiece), ca. 1472–1474. Oil on

wood, 8’ 2” x 5’ 7”. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

Figure 21-43 PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA, Flagellation of Christ, ca. 1455-1465. Oil and tempera on wood,

1’ 11 1/8” X 2’ 8 ¼”. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino. 30

31 Figure 21-41 LUCA SIGNORELLI, Damned Cast into Hell, San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy, 1499–

1504. Fresco, 23’ wide.

Mantegna in Mantua

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Figure 21-47 ANDREA MANTEGNA, interior of the Camera Picta (Painted Chamber), Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy,

1465–1474. Fresco.

Oculus

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Figure 21-48

ANDREA

MANTEGNA, Camera

Picta (Painted

Chamber), Palazzo

Ducale, Mantua, Italy,

1465–1474. Fresco, 8’ 9”

in diameter.

MANTEGNA:

GRISAILLE

Self

Portrait:

Mantegna

43 Figure 21-49 ANDREA MANTEGNA, Foreshortened Christ, ca. 1500. Tempera on canvas, 2’ 2 3/4” x 2’ 7 7/8”.

Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.