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Page 1: Italy 1200 to 1400

Quattrocento Italian Art

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Early Renaissance Theme

PMA- Perspective- Modeling- Anatomy

“Positive Mental Attitude”P=AM^2

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What was happening during the quattrocento?

• Humanism flourished!• Gutenberg’s printing press• Wealth & Power

– Condottieri (military leaders) – Princely Courts– The Medici Family

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The Baptistery door competition of 1401

-Originally 7 finalists, only 2 panels survive-Between Brunelleschi & Ghiberti

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Filippo Brunelleschi

Sacrifice of Isaac

1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

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Lorenzi Ghiberti

Sacrifice of Isaac

1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

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Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

Guilds commission sculptures for niches

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Nanni di Banco

Quattro Santo Coronati

Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

ca. 1408-1414marblefigure approximately life-size

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Donatello

Saint Mark

Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

1411-1413marblefigure 7 ft. 9 in. high

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Donatello

Saint George

Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

1411-1413marblefigure 6 ft. 10 in. high

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Donatello

Feast of Herod

Baptistery, Siena Cathedral

ca. 1425gilded bronze relief1 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze reliefapproximately 17 ft. high

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Perspective - constructing convincing illusion of space in 2D imagery

Linear perspectiveAtmospheric perspective

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

Isaac and His Sons

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze reliefpanel approximately 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Isaac and His Sons

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze relief

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Donatello

David

ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high

Symbol of Florence

First fully nude male freestanding sculpture since antiquity

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Andrea del Verrocchio

David

ca. 1465-1470bronzeapproximately 4 ft. 1 1/2 in. high

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Antonio Pollaiuolo

Hercules and Anteus

ca. 1475bronzeapproximately 18 in. high

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Donatello

Gattamelata (Erasmo da Narni)

Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy

ca. 1445-1450bronze approximately 11 x 13 ft.

Condottieres (military leaders)

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Andrea del Verrocchio

Bartolommeo Colleoni

Campo dei Santi, Venice Italy

ca. 1483-1488bronzeapproximately 13 ft. high

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Gentile da Fabriano

Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece

from Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy

1423tempera on woodapproximately 9 ft. 11 in. x 9 ft. 3 in.

FLORENTINE PAINTING

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Masaccio

Tribute Money

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy

ca. 1427fresco8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.

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Masaccio

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy

ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.

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Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

One-point perspective

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Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

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Pyramidal composition

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“I was once what you are, and what I am you will become”

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Fra Angelico

Annunciation

San Marco, Florence, Italy

ca. 1440-1445fresco7 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 6 in.

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Andrea del Castagno

Last Supper

Refectory monastery of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy

1447frescoapproximately 15 x 32 ft.

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Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child with Angels

ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.

Fra Filippo Lippi, the Florentine bad boy

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Domenico Ghirlandaio

Birth of the Virgin

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

1485-1490fresco

Religious + secular imagery

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Domenico Ghirlandaio

Giovanna Tornabuoni

1448oil and tempera on woodapproximately 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.

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Paolo Uccello

Battle of San Romano

ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 6 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Gentile’s “Adoration of the Magi”

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Sandro Botticelli

Primavera

ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.

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Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus

ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.

Medici patronage reflects their sincere love of art and wide and eclectic tastes

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Antonio Pollaiuolo

Battle of the Ten Nudes

ca. 1465engravingapproximately 15 x 23 in.

écorché

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Filippo Brunelleschi

dome of Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1420-1436 **Roman influence!

Innovations: -Double shell-Ribs-Heavy lantern

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Filippo Brunelleschi

interior of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436

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Filippo Brunelleschi

plan of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436 planned constructed

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Filippo Brunelleschi

interior of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436

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Filippo Brunelleschi

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

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Filippo Brunelleschi (loggia by Giuliano da Maiano)

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

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Filippo Brunelleschi

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

Family endowed chapels

“pietra serena”

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Michelozzo di Bartolommeo

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Florence, Italy

begun 1444

Cornice

Stringcourses

Dressed

masonry

Rustication

Why didn’t Brunellechi design the Medici Palace?

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Michelozzo di Bartolommeo

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Florence, Italy

begun 1444

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Leon Battista Alberti

•First Renaissance architect to understand Roman Architecture in depth

•Advocated a system of ideal proportions • central plan as ideal form for Christian

churches• an arch should be supported by a

section of wall (a pier) and not by a column

• Disposed of medieval arcade used for centuries

•Applied classical elements to contemporary buildings

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Leon Battista Alberti

Palazzo Rucellai

Florence, Italy

ca. 1452-1470

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Leon Battista Alberti

West façade of Santa Maria Novella

Florence, Italy

ca. 1458-1470

San Miniato

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Perugino

Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter

Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy

1481-1483fresco11 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 18 ft. 8 1/2 in.

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Luca Signorelli

Damned Cast into Hell

San Brizio Chapel, Orvietto Cathedral, Orvietto, Italy

1499-1504frescoapproximately 23 ft. wide

Savonarola – Burn the vanities! Exile the Medici!

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Piero della Francesca

Enthroned Madonna and Saints Adored by Federico de Montefeltro

ca. 1472-1474oil on panel8 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 7 in.

“Sacra conversazione”

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Piero della Francesca

Flagellation of Christ

ca. 1455-65

oil on panel1’11” x 2’8” Piero Mathematics

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Leon Battista Alberti

façade of Sant’Andrea

Mantua, Italy

designed ca. 1470

How does Alberti combine classical elements to fit a Christian purpose?

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Sant’Andrea, interior

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Andrea Mantegna

Camera degli Sposi

Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

1474fresco

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Andrea Mantegna

Camera degli Sposi ceiling

Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

1474fresco8 ft. 9 in. diameter

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Andrea Mantegna

Dead Christ

ca. 1501tempera on canvas2 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 7 7/8 in.

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Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of a Youth

early 1480stempera on panel16 x 12 in.

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Domenico Ghirlandaio

A Man with His Grandchild

ca. 1480-90oil and tempera on wood24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.