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07: Italian Gothic/Early Renaissance
Cal Poly Winter 2012: ART 112
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/01/2012

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Duccio

Maesta Altarpiece

late Italian Gothic

 

tempera; panel painting; painted on both sides

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Cimabue

Virgin and Child Enthroned

late Italian Gothic

 

best know Florence painter

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Giotto

Virgin and Child Enthroned

late Italian Gothic

 

new approaches (vs Cimabue); suggestion of breasts; figures obscured in background; less flat, less timeless

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Giotto

The Lamentation

late Italian Gothic

 

experience and emotion

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Limbourg Brothers

February page

Early Northern Renaissance

 

more Gothic; flamed manuscript illustrators

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Robert Campin

Merode Altarpiece

early Northern Renaissance

 

triptych; ancient Christian content set in 15th century Flanders; everyday objects as hidden symbols; question of rendering depth of space

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Jan van Eyck

Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, Giovanna Cenami

Early Northern Renaissance

 

secular content with religious symbols; texture of furs, shadows; mirror on the wall - optics, legal witnesses?

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Rogier van der Weyden

The Deposition

Early Northern Renaissance

 

Gothic, naturalistic, emotions; detail of bleeding wounds; Virgin Mary in blue

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Hugo van der Goes

Portinari Altarpiece

early Northern Renaissance

 

scene of adoration; Christ child depicted on the dirt, no cradle; artist's vision - emphasize humanity of Christ

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Filippo Brunelleschi

Dome of Florence Cathedral

Early Italian Renaissance

 

Gothic structure (pointed dome); internal buttressing

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Donatello

David

Early Italian Renaissance

 

first life size since antiquity; contrapposto pose; male nudity permitted

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Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

Early Italian Renaissance

 

10 gilded bronze panels

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Masaccio

The Holy Trinity

Early Italian Renaissance

 

extension of viewer's space; image of donors

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Fra Angelico

The Annunciation

Early Italian Renaissance

 

incorrect linear perspective (heights of figures); Corinthian capitals; ornamental wings

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Botticelli

The Birth of Venus

Early Italian Renaissance

 

first female nude since Praxiteles; private art of Medici; develops female nude

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