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Location: Orsanmichele in Florence, Italy
Contraposto, large hands, made to be viewed from the bottom |
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David
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Creator: Donatello
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Date: ca. 1440-1460
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Civilization/Period: (patron): the Medici
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Medium: bronze
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Location: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
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Misc. references to antiquity: nudity
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Palazzo de’Medici
Location: Piazza San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy |
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Brancacci Chapel
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Creator: Masaccio and Masolino
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Date: 1425-1427
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Patron: Pietro Brancacci
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Medium: Fresco
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Location: Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
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Tribute Money
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Misc: continuous narrative, in center Jesus is surrounded by disciples, confronted by tax collector, directs Peter to retrieve coin from mouth of a fish for 2x what was demanded.
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Trinity Masaccio
Date: 1426-1427
Patron: Domenico Lenzi
Medium: Fresco
Location: Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
Misc: barrel vaulted chapel re. of roman church, virgin mary, saint john, god the father behind christ, dove, patrons at sides, below is a skeleton reminder that death awaits us all - only hope is redemption through belief |
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Annunciation
Creator: Fra Angelico (fra = term that means monk)
Date: ca. 1438-1447
Patron: Dominican monks of San Marco (probs not necessary)
Medium: fresco
Location: San Marco, Florence, Italy |
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Birth of Venus
Creator: Sandro Botticelli
Date: ca. 1484-1486
Patron: Medici Family
Medium: Tempera on canvas
Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Misc: winds (zephyrs), subjects from greek mythology/ antiquity, venus is a monumental nude figure (v. rare during middle ages) |
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Merode Altarpiece
Creator: Robert Campin
Date: ca. 1425-1428
Medium: oil on wood
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Misc: Event is in a contemporary setting, lilies = mary’s virginity, waterpot and towel = symbols of purity, uses foreshortening and lighting to get 3-d quality |
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Ghent Altarpiece
Creator: Jan van Eyck
Date: 1432
Patron: Jodicus Vijd
Medium: oil on panel
Location: St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium (Flanders)
Misc: Polyptych, Grisaille, only opened on easter, holy trinity |
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Adam and Eve
Creator: Jan van Eyck
Date: 1432
Patron: Jodicus Vijd
Medium: oil on panel
Location: Ghent Altarpiece
Misc: naturalism |
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God the Father with the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist
Creator: Jan van Eyck
Date: 1432
Patron: Jodicus Vijd
Medium: oil on panel
Location: Ghent Altarpiece |
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