Giotto, Lamentation , Proto-renaissance

-Illusionism- Angels coming at diff angles.

-blue  sky was revolutionary

-Humanism- different responses to christs death and even the fact that christ is dead.

-Frescoe Painting

Pietro Lorenzetti- Birth of a Virgin Proto-Renaissance

Claus Slater - The Well of Moses EAR

-Originally Painted

-Bumps on head- supposed to be light radiated from his head

-illusionistic cloathing- drapery hides boy and human anatomy

Jan Van Eyck - Arnolfini and his Bride EAR

-filled with symbolism

candle=god and male power

mirror=gods power (each medallion on the mirror is a stage of the passion of the christ)

-eych compared his paintings to the power of god

-girls looks pregnant-forecasting future success (pregnancy) + green drapery=fertililty

-broom next to her means she runs the house

-fruit

dog=loyalty + wealth

-shoes off because its a sacred ceremony.

Rogier Van Der Weyden - Portait of a Lady EAR

• Nothern artitsts try to portray personalities
• Also likieness
• they like to use darker colors.

Limbourg Brothers- January EAR

• it was a prayer book.
• made for the duke of Berry
• odd months are dedicated to aristocracy and even to  the peasants
• different prayers in it for different times of the year
• fire screen behind screen= symbolic halo

Brunelleschi- Sacrifice of Isaac IER

Very Dramatic and very realistic

                -Abrahams fathers knife is on Abrahams neck and the angel has to physically stop his dad

-Late Gothic Style

                -angel is in profile

-figures are more sculptural

-Has depth with 3D bulk

Ghiberti - Sacrifice of Isacc IER

-it is more pictorial and uses more devices

-creates depth without 3d bulk

-Classicism and illusionistic – balanced and calm

-Was cheaper to make

Donatello, David IER

1^st life size free standing nude figure
-commissioned by the Medici’s.
                -because it was for private enjoyement Donatello was free to experiment more.
-in contropposto and very sensual
-compositional defice is “contrast”
                -David wears a hat and boots to make it look predominate.
-The rock that David used to kill Goliath gives god a lot of credit
-closed form

Verrochio- David IER

-Also comissioned by the Medici.

-David was Florence’s Idol

-Contrapposto

-looks more strong and proud

-open form

Mossacio- The Holy Trinity IER

-placed in a classical roman type building

                -coffered ceiling, under and arch, columns

-3 levels

                -god, jesus and holy ghost

                -John and mary

                -the commissioners

-uses linear perspective

-I was once what you are now, and you will be what I have become.

Fra Angelico - Annunciation IER

-Typical of artists of that day because he understood the invations that were going on but still liked the tradition.

-Mary is depicted as fragile and human

-has some understanding of perpective.

Fra fillipo lippi - Madonna with child + Angels IER

introduces nature in the background.

Brunelleschi- Dome of Florence IER

• 1^st great renaissance building
• -last great gothic buildng

-first full female nude figure painted

-covering herself up in modesty

-modeled after a sculpture of venus

-that’s why she looks so artificial and pale

-in this she is a symbol of truth and nobility

-numph Pomona is a pagan demigod associated with citrus

-pagan equivalent of the virgin Mary

Michelozzo- Palazzo Medici- Ridcardi

1st great renaissance building.

Signorelli- Damned cast to hell IER

-very humanistic (ie: demons)

 -very sympathetic (humans vs. humans)

Piero Della Francesca- Flagellation of Christ IER

Mantegna- Dead Christ IER

-chirsts face still has an edge of pain like he is still suffering even though his body is decomposing.

-theres foreshortening in his feet

Michaelangelo- The Creation of David High Renaissance

took 3 years

-didn’t want to do it

-spandrals- arhitechural molding that make the transition from the wall to the ceiling.

-symbls- greek prophets that see into the future.

-combines the again and the Christian

-artists are still trying to synthesize the best pagan ideas and merge with Christian thought.

-almost weighed down by being lifeless whating for gods touch.

-the focal point is the empty space.

-ampliphies moment with negative space.

Michealangelo- The Last Judgement High Renaissance

conflicted about his sexuality

-thought he was more intelligent and talented than everyone else.

-Very unsympathetic Christ

-mary is looking away

-barthalamus is supposed to be holding maichaelangelos fdistorted skin

-the condemned are being tortured by monsters

Bramante - Tempietto High Renaissance

The sport where saint peters was killed. (upside down with a crosss)

        -he thought he was unworthy to die like christ.

        -usees doric order and ionic and Corinthian columns.

        -metopes and triglyphs

        -shell design popular in Catholicism

        -everything is balanced

Bellini and Titian - Feast of The Gods HRVENICE

-were obsessed with being seen as intellectuals.

-tend to be rather large

-have a great love of nature.

                -all of nature is convincing yet idealized.

        -A fresco where he introduced oil on plaster.

        -christ is painted in a triangle

                        -reference to holy trinity

        -this work doesn’t have anything supernatural(ie halos, wings)

        -vanishing point is on jesus’ head.

-shows a very dramatic moment after he announces one of the people at the table will betray him

-that’s why jesus is calm and everyone is in a scurry kind of asking amongst themselves “who could betray Christ.

        -Leonardo researched for this paintings like a scholar.

-italian artists during the renaissance wanted to be seen as intellectual and they wanted to have an underlying intellectual process behind their work

-christ pops out because hes wearing complimentary colors orange and blue that help him pop!

-the idea of 3 is all over the pictures( ie windows, groups of apostles)

Chiarosucrro

        Sfumato –smokiness and softens everything

        The use of oil allowed for convincing textures