February 8
Early Renaissance in Italy
Lorenzo Ghiberti. Gates of Paradise (East Doors). 1425-52.
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"I
strove to imitate nature as clearly as I could, and with all the perspective
I could produce, to have excellent compositions with many figures."
- Ghiberti
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Lorenzo Ghiberti. Jacob and Esau, panel from the Gates of Paradise (East doors). c, 1435.
Filippo Brunelleschi.
Dome of Florence Cathedral. 1417-36
Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya,
Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Twelfth ed. Vol. 1. Fort Worth: Harcourt
Brace College Publishers, 2005. 2 vols.
Diagram of the Dome of the Florence Cathedral
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the dome
of the Florence Cathedral incorporates Gothic and Renaissance elements:
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Gothic elements
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Renaissance
elements
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Pointed
arch
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Oculus
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Ribs
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Lantern
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Octagonal
outer shell
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Self-buttressing
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Linear
Perspective = a system for representing three-dimensional space on a
two-dimensional surface by delineating a horizon line and multiple orthogonal
lines
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Architectural View.
Wall painting from a villa at Boscoreale, near Naples. 1st century BC.
Janson,
H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. Sixth edition. University of North
Carolina, Wilmington: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.
Raphael. School of Athens. c. 1510-11
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Masaccio. Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors. c. 1425-27/28.
Masaccio. Tribute Money. c. 1427.
Andrea del Castagno. Last Supper. c. 1445-50.
Castagno's last supper in situ
Donatello. David. c.1446-60.
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first free-standing,
life-sized nude statue since antiquity
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contrapposto
= an Italian term meaning "set against," used to describe
the twisted pose resulting from parts of the body set in opposition
to each other around a central axis
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Donatello. Mary Magdalen. 1430s-50s.