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DONATELLO
Saint Mark
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
Marble
Guild of Linen Drapers. Contrapposto. Drapery accentuates movement. |
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LORENZO GHIBERTI
E. doors (Gates of Paradise)
baptisery, Florence, Italy
Gilded bronze
Abandoned Gotchic quatrefoil frames for biblical scenes and illusionism. |
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MASACCIO
Tribute Money
Brancacci Chapel
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
Fresco
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MASACCIO
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Brancacci Chapel
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
Fresco
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MASACCIO
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
Fresco
Mathematical pictoral organization |
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FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI
Interior of Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
Mathematical clarity and austerity of decor |
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DONATELLO
David
Florence
Bronze
relaxed contrapposto + sensuous beauty of nude Greek Gods |
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ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO
David
Bronze
Florence
Brash confidence, narrative realism |
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ANTONIO DEL POLLAIUOLO
Hercules and Antaeus
Bronze
Stress and strain in violent action. Greco-Roman mythology |
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DONATELLO
Gattamelata
Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy
Bronze
Venetian General. Irresistible strength. |
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ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO
Bartolommeo Colleoni
Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy
Bronze
Meant to compete with Gattamelata |
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GENTILE DA FABRIANO
Adoration of the Magi
Strozzi Chapel, Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
Tempera on wood
International style blended with naturalistic details/Late Gothic |
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FRA ANGELICO
Annunciation
San Marco, Florence, Italy
Fresco
Pristine clarity |
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FRA FILIPPO LIPPI
Madonna and Child with Angels
Tempera on wood
Humanization of holy family |
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PAOLO UCCELLO
Battle of San Romano
Tempera on wood
Niccolo da Tolentio leads charge against Sienese. Forshortened spears and figures enhance perspective. |
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DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO
Giovanna Tornabuoni
Oil and tempera on wood
Portraiture reveals wealth/manners/classical lit |
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SANDRO BOTTICELLI
Primavera
Tempera on wood
celebrates love in spring. Venus and Cupid |
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SANDRO BOTTICELLI
Birth of Venus
Tempera on canvas
Venus born of sea foam |
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FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI
facade of Pazzi Chapel
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
Central-plan, Franciscan church |
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LEON BATTISTA, ALBERTI AND BERNARDO ROSSELLINO
Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy
Appears lighter by using different capitals |
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PERUGINO
Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter
Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy
Fresco
Papacy bases authority on this event.
Converging lines connect foreground action w/background. |
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LUCA SIGNORELLI
Damned Cast into Hell
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy
Fresco
foreshortened muscular bodies tortured by demons in Hell |
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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
Flagellation of Christ
Oil and tempera on wood
Perfect perspective |
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
W facade of Sant'Andrea
Mantua, Italy
Colossal order: triumphal arch w/pediment |
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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
interior of Sant'Andrea
Mantua, Italy
No nave arcade, wide vaults inspired by Basilica Nova |
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ANDREA MANTEGNA
ceiling of the Camera Picta (Painted Chamber)
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
Fresco
First perspectival view of a ceiling from below. |
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ANDREA MANTEGNA
Foreshortened Christ
Tempera on canvas
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