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Giotto di Bondone, fresco cycle for the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, 1305-1313:
*Lamentation
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*Masaccio, Holy Trinity fresco, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1427
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Masaccio and Masolino, Brancacci Chapel frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Saint Peter, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1425-1427:
*Masaccio, Expulsion of Adam and Eve
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Masaccio and Masolino, Brancacci Chapel frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Saint Peter, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1425-1427:
*Masaccio, Tribute Money
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Fra Angelico, Frescoes for the Dominican Convent of San Marco, Florence, 1440-53
*Annunciation in dormitory corridor
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Title: Very Rich Hours of Duke of Berry, Months of January
Date: 1411-16
Artist: Limbourg Brothers
Culture: French, courtly
Original Location: Très Riches Heures of the Duke de Berry (guide to prayer)
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance |
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Title: Very Rich Hours of Duke of Berry, Months of February
Date: 1411-16
Artist: Limbourg Brothers
Culture: French, courtly
Original Location: Très Riches Heures of the Duke de Berry (guide to prayer)
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance
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Title: Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
Date: 1432
Artist: Hubert and Jan van Eyck
Culture: Flamders
Original Location: altarpiece in St. Bravo Church
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance
*Annunciation, St John the Baptist and Evangelist
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Title: Ghent Altarpiece (open)
Date: 1432
Artist: Hubert and Jan van Eyck
Culture: Flanders
Original Location: Altarpiece, St. Bavo Church
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance
Donors: Joos Vijd and Elisabeth Borlut
Open—Adam and Eve; Virgin, Christ, and St. John the Baptist; Lamb of God (sacrifice, mass) and Fountain of Life (baptism)
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Title: Annunciation
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Date: 1434
Culture: Flanders
Original Location: n/a
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance
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Title: Mérode Altarpiece
Artist: Robert Campin
Date: ca. 1425-28
Culture: Flanders
Original Location: small private chapel
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance
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Title: Portrait of a Lady
Artist: Roger van der Weyden
Date: 1455
Culture: Flanders
Original Location: n/a
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance, portrait |
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Jan van Eyck, Double Portrait, Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami, 1434
Title: Double Portrait, Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Date: 1434
Culture: Flanders
Original Location: n/a
Style/Period: Northern Renaissance |
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Title: David
Artist: Donatello
Date: 1440s
Material: bronze
Culture: Florentine
Original Location: Medici courtyard
Style/Period: Italian 15th century Renaissance
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Title: David
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1501-1504
Material: marble
Culture: Florentine
Original Location: atop cathedral, then the government square
Style/Period: High Renaissance |
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Title: Sistine Chapel Ceiling Fresco, Creation of Adam
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1508-1512
Culture: Italy
Original Location: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican
Style/Period: High Renaissance
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Title: Sistine Chapel Ceiling Fresco, Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1508-1512
Culture: Italy
Original Location: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican
Style/Period: High Renaissance
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Title: Mona Lisa
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Date: 1503
Culture: Italy
Original Location: carried with him
Style/Period: High Renaissance
*oil on panel
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Title: School of Athens
Artist: Raphael
Date: 1510-1511
Culture: Italy
Original Location: Papal library, Vatican
Style/Period: High Renaissance
*fresco
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Title: Munich Self-Portrait
Artist: Durer
Date: 1500
Culture: Germany
Original Location: n/a
Style: Sixteenth Century art in Germany
*oil on panel
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| St. Peter’s, Rome, c. 1506-1668 |
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Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence Cathedral (S. Maria del Fiore), dome, 1420-39
Title: Florence Cathedral, Dome
Architect: Brunelleschi
Date: 1420-39
Culture: Florentine
Location: Florence
Style: Italian Architectural Renaissance
- Pointed arches, Latin cross shaped cathedral
- Dome = Brun. Contribution, new dome over a medieval cathedral
- Wooden interior, brick shell exterior
- Monumental element of the skyline; prominent, image of the city itself
- Represent importance of church/worship, but also a great engineering achievement which translates into Florentine pride in intellectual ability
- Reminiscent of Roman Pantheon 118-28 BC, hemispherical dome
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Title: Church of San Lorenzo
Architect: Brunelleschi
Date: 1419-60s
Culture: Italy, Florence
Location: Florence
Style: Italian Architectural Renaissance
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Leon Battista Alberti, San Andrea, Mantua, begun 1472
Title: Church of San Andrea
Architect: Alberti
Date: 1472
Location: Mantua
Style: Italian Architectural Renaissance
+San Andrea, Mantua, L.B. Alberti, begun 1472
- Similar to Pantheon w/ series of orders (not freestanding, but pilasters; support triangular pediment)
- Triumphal arch of Roman antiquity (Arch of Constantine) – gateway divided into 3 bays w/ 3 arches, largest in the middle
- Cut arches into the façade: three bays w/ large arch in the center
- Use temple-front to indicate worship, use triumphal arch as a celebration of grandeur and Christian triumph, use divided 3 setup to organize interior
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Title: Rucellai Palace
Architect: Alberti
Date: 1455-70
Location: Florence
Style: Italian Architectural Renaissance
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Title: Plan for St. Peter's (1)
Artist: Bramante
Date: 1505-6
Location (intended) Vatican
Style: Renaissance central-plan
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Leonardo Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, 1490s
Title: Vitruvian Man
Artist: da Vinci
Date: 1490s
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Title: Plan and Dome for St. Peter's Basilica
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1546-64
Location: Vatican
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Title: Stairs of the Laurentian Library
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1532-39
Location: San Lorenzo
Style: Renaissance -- move towards Mannerism
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Title: Porta Pia
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: 1561-65
Location: edge of Rome
Style: Mannerism
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Title: Page from Codex Fejervary-Mayer, "View of the World"
Culture: Aztec
Date: 1400
Material: paint on animal hide
Style/Period: Aztec Empire
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Title: Frontispiece from Codex Mendoza
Culture: Aztec
Date: 1553
Location: Colonial Mexico
Material: ink and color on paper
Style/Period: Aztec Empire
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Title: Coatlicue (Snakes-Her-Skirt)
Culture: Mexica/Aztec
Date: 1487-1520
Material: basalt
Location: inside Temple of the Sun
Style: Aztec Empire
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Coyolxauhqui (Bells-Her-Cheek), Mexica/Aztec, Basalt, 1469
relief at foot of the Temple of the Sun stairs
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Images of the Templo Mayor, in Dúran’s Historia, 1581, ink and color on paper
Manuscript supervised by Dominican friar Diego Dúran
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Motecuhzoma’s Standard, Mexica/Aztec, Feathers, before 1519
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Mass of Saint Gregory, School of San José de los Naturales, 1539
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Atrio Crosses from Huejotzingo, Acolman, Tepeyacac, Mexico Colonial, Stone, c. 1550-1580
located in Chapel of the Indians, Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
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Yusuf Trapped by Zulaykha (Potiphar's wife), 1488-89
Title: Yusuf trapped by Zulaykha
Artist: n/a
Date: 1488-89
Culture: Persian
- Central plan, pyramidal construction of space (Renaissance “School”) not present in “Yusuf”: individual units all overlapping, with none taking importance
- View from above, and straight on – clear sight of each piece
- Representation of pieces of reality shown at the same time
- Reminiscent of Jan van Eyck’s “Annunciation” and other Flemish painting/manuscript art : microscopic details, attention to meticulous precision
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Court of Gayumars (attributed to Sultan Muhammad, the director of the project) c. 1522
Persian, Safavid period
style: fusion of Turkman and Herat styles (united by Shah Isma’il geographically as well)
- Court of Gayumars: fusion of Turkman and Herat styles (united by Shah Isma’il geographically as well) – opening page
o First Persian ruler ruling from mountaintop (similar to Biblical Eden)
o Paradise ruined by death of son by the devil, Idyllic landscape ruined by the death
o Foliage overflowing and abundant, as well as cloud formations (Turkman)
o Extensive use of color (Turkman) – create mystical/spiritual mood
o Great influence of Chinese art (cloud formations, tree structure)
o Meticulous attention to detail (hairs on individuals, complexions, etc) à Persian style from Herat
o Text not as important; appreciation diverted to image/picture
Figures emerging from rocks/foliage: interacting with figures on the page and the viewer
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Nightmare of Zuhhak (attrib. to Mir Musavvir) c. 1522
- Pleasure palace with numerous figures serving Zuhhak
- King gain throne through deal of devil, snake devour 2 youths each day (price)
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Ardashir and Slave Girl Gulnar, signed by Mir Musavvir c. 1522
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Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1595-1596
Title: Bacchus
Artist: Caravaggio
Date: 1595-1596
Style: Baroque
Material: oil on canvas
Location: Italy
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Caravaggio, Doubting Thomas, c. 1602-1603
Title: Doubting Thomas
Artist: Caravaggio
Date: 1602-1603
Location: n/a
Style: Baroque
Material: oil on canvas
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Caravaggio, Entombment, Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, 1603-1604
Title: Entombment
Artist: Caravaggio
Date: 1603-04
Location: Vittrici Chapel, Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome
Style: Baroque
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Title: Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artist: Gentileschi
Date: 1614-1620
Location: Italy
Style/Period: Caravaggist/Baroque
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Diego Velazquez, The Water Carrier of Seville, c. 1619-1620
Title: The Water Carrier of Seville
Artist: Diego Velazquez
Date: 1619-1620
Location: Seville, Spain
Style/Period: emerged from Caravaggist school, Baroque
Material: oil on canvas
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Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656
Title: Las Meninas
Artist: Diego Velazquez
Date: 1656
Style: Court portraiture, Baroque
Location: Spain
Material: oil on canvas
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Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstacy of Saint Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1645-1652
Title: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Sculptor: Bernini
Location: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Date: 1645
Material: marble
Style: Baroque, inspired by Counter Reformation |
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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp, 1632
Title: Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date: 1632
Culture: Netherlands
Material: oil on canvas
style: Baroque, portraiture
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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch, 1642
Title: The Night Watch
Artist: Rembrandt
Date: 1642
Material: oil on canvas
Original Commission: civic guard company of Netherlands
Style/Period: Group Portraiture, Baroque
Culture: Netherlands |
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1658
Title: Self Portrait
Artist: Rebrandt
Date: 1658
Style: Baroque portraiture
Location/culture: Netherlands
Material: oil on canvas
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Title: Woman Holding a Balance
Artist: Vermeer
Date: 1664
Material: oil on canvas
Style: Baroque
Culture/Location: Dutch
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Title: View of Delft
Artist: Vermeer
Date: 1662
Material: oil on canvas
Style: cityscape, Baroque art
Culture: Dutch |
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Villa Rotunda, Vicenza, 1566-70
Title: Villa Rotunda
Architect: Palladio
Date: 1566-70
Location: Vicenza, Italy
Use: villa/country retreat
Style: Late 16th century Italian |
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St. Peter's, Vatican: nave and facade, Carlo Maderno, 1605-15
Title: St Peter's, nave/facade
Architect: Maderno
Date: 1605-15
Location: Vatican, Rome
Style: Baroque |
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St Peter's, Vatican: baldacchino, Gianlorenzo Bernini 1624-33
Title: Baldacchino of St. Peter's
Artist: Bernini
Date: 1624-33
Location: St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome
*unification of architecture and sculpture
Material: gilt bronze, marble, stucco, glass |
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St. Peter's, Vatican piazza, Bernini, 1656
Title: Vatican piazza St. Peter's
Artist: Bernini
Date: 1656
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Title: Palace of the Louvre - project for englargement
Artist: Bernini
date: 1664-65
Style: Baroque: giant orders progress towards center, symmetrical |
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Title: Palace of the Louvre, Paris, East Facade
Artist: Louis le Vau, Claude Perrault, Charles le Brun
Date: 1660-85 |
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| Château of Versailles: original Louis XIII hunting lodge, 1624; rebuilding by Le Vau and gardens by André Le Nôtre, begun 1662; extensions by Jules-Hardouin Mansart, begun 1678 |
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Stourhead, Wiltshire (England), Henry Hoare and Henry Flitcroft, 1740s-70s
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Zhao Mengufu. Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains, detail (1296).
Title: Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains
Artist: Zhao Mengufu
Date: 1296
Culture: Yuan Dynasty, China
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| Ni Zan. The Rongxi Studio. 1372. |
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| Yin Hong. Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks. Ming Dynasty (l. 15th- e. 16th c.) |
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| Dong Qichang The Qingbian Mountain. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Ming Dynasty (1617.) |
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Shen Zhou. Poet on a Mountaintop, albumleaf. Ming Dynasty (ca. 1500).
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