Siena Cathedral

unknown architect

1226

Patron: Commune

Gothic Style

Palazzo della Signoria

Arnolfo di Cambio

1295

Function: town hall

Characteristic of Architecural Style:

diminishing levels as you get higher

Kiss of Judas

Giotto

1300

Patron: Enrico Scrovegni

Location: Scrovegni Chapel - Padua, Italy

Trial by Fire

Giotto

1325

Patron: Bardi Family

Location: Santa Croce - Bardi Chapel

Allegory of the Church

Andrea da Firenze

1365

Located in the Spanish Chapel SMN

The Spanish Chapel is a chapterhouse.

Adoration of the Magi

Leonardo da Vinci

1480

State of Work:left unfinished

Why was work left unfinished?

Da Vinci left and took a job in Milan

Competition Panel

(for doors of SMDF Baptistry)

Ghiberti

1408

Patron: Opera of the Baptistry

Medium: Bronze with gilding

Cupola of Florence Cathedral

Filippo Brunelleschi

1420

Two Important elements related to construction:

No visible buttressing

Constructed with 2 domes

Interior of San Lorenzo

Filippo Brunelleschi

1420

Renaissance

Modular proportions

Adoration of the Magi

Gentile de Febbriano

1423

Late Gothic or International Style

Characteristics of this style:

decorative frame

gold background

The Holy Trinity

Masaccio

1427

Renaissance in Style:

uses 3d space

realistic detail and emotion

The Annunciation

Fra Angelico

1440

Location:

Top of the stairs in San Marco

Function: Reminder to friars to pray

Penitent Magdalene

Donatello

1455

Medium: wood

Original Location: Florence Baptistery

Primavera

The Allegory of Spring

Botticelli

1480

Mythological subject

Most Probable Patron: Medici

Bacchus

Michelangelo

1496

Patron: Cardinal Rinario

Intended Location:

Cardinal's private ancient sculpture garden

Pieta

1498

Michelangelo

Patron: French Cardinal (to be his funerary monument)

The David

Michelangelo

1501-1504

Patron: Opera of the Duomo

Intended Location: Rear buttress of Cathedral

Original Location:

Western entrance to Palazzo della Signoria

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508-1512

Michelangelo

Patron: Pope Julius II

lunettes - half moon shape over window

spandrels - triangular space between arched windows

pendentatives - triangle shape where ceiling meets wall

New Sacristy

1519-1534

Michelangelo

Patron: Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII

Not used as a sacristy - used for funerary purposes

"Night"

1519-1534

Michelangelo

located in New Sacristy (Tomb of Giuliano de Medici)

Medici Madonna and Child

1519-1534

Michelangelo

Located in New Sacristy

Common theme of active vs passive

Tomb of Giuliano de Medici

Allegorical Times of the Day

1519-1534

Michelangelo

Active Side

Giuliano de Medici effigy

Night - Day

Common theme of active vs passive

Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici

Passive Times of Day

1519-1534

Michelangelo

Passive Side

Lorenzo de Medici effigy

Dawn - Dusk

Located in New Sacristy

Common theme of active vs passive

The Slaves

Michelangelo

1521

Unfinished because new Pope Clement VII de'Medici brings him back to New Sacristy

New Basilica of St. Peter's

Bramante (1505-1514)

Antonio da Sangallo the younger (1539-1546)

Michelangelo (1546-1564)

Building took part over the reign of

18 different popes and 12 different architects

The Creation of Adam

1508-1512

Michelangelo

Patron: Pope Julius II

Located in the Sistine Chapel

The School of Athens

1507

Raphael

Patron: Pope Julius II

Located in the Stanze di Raffaello

The Liberation of St. Peter

1511

Raphael

Patron: Pope Julius II

Located in the Stanze di Raffaello

The Transfiguration

1511

Raphael

Patron: Cardinal Jiulio de Medici

Located in the Stanze di Raffaello

Bacchus

1596

Caravaggio

Patron: Cardinal del Monte

Disembodied Head of Medusa

1597

Caravaggio

Patron: Cardinal del Monte

Painted on a wooden shield

The Calling of St. Matthew

1600

Caravaggio

Patron: Contarelli Family

Part of the Scenes of St. Matthew's life in the chapel for St. Matthew at San Luigi dei Francese in Rome

Amor Vincit Omnia

(Love Conquers All)

1600

Caravaggio

Patron: Vincenzo Gistiniani

David and Goliath

1609

Caravaggio

double self-portrait

Portrait of Angelo Doni

1505

Raphael

Patron: Angelo Doni

• 3/4 Frontal Position

• Half Length Portraits

Maddalena Doni

1505

Raphael

Patron: Angelo Doni

• 3/4 frontal position
• Half length

Madonna of the Impannata

1515

Raphael

Patron: Pope Leo X

Maddona of the Seggiola

1513

Raphael

Patron: Unknown

part of a church or convent complex meant specifically for members of the order to use for meetings etc.

Example - Spanish Chapel at Santa Maria Novella

traditional way of showing a figure with most weight being rested on one leg or without the entire body facing the same direction

Example - Donatello's David

place in a church where priests prepare for mass

Example - San Lorenzo's sacristy commissioned by Cosimo de'Medici

a style of finish where the stone is left rough on a facade of a building

Example - Palazzo Medici

a round painting usually used for a wedding gift

Example - Doni Tondo

A plan for a basilica that has 4 arms all of equal length

Example - Michelangelo's St. Peter's Plan

An image or sculpture showing the Virgin Mary holding Jesus for the last time and showing pity

Example - Michelangelo's Pieta

The half-moon shaped space over a window that usually contains a painting or fresco

Example - lunettes in the New Sacristy

The roughly triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it

Example - spandrels in the Sistine Chapel ceiling

prophetesses or old women would would answer questions about the future

Example - Sibyls painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling