15th CENTURY ITALIAN ART
AKA "FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE"
GREAT WEB SITE THAT FEATURES VIDEOS AND QUIZZES ON MANY EARLY RENAISSANCE ARTISTS FROM FABRIANO TO MASACCIO TO BOTTICELLI! MUST SEE!
Read about Brunelleschi and Alberti invention of the theory of PERSPECTIVE.
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CHAPTER VOCABULARY
*Quattrocento * Atmospheric and Linear Perspective * Chiaroscuro *Pilaster * Tromp l'oeil
* Orthogonal * Ponderation * Medici Family
READING CUES
1) Who were the two finalists for the commission of the baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral?
2) Specifically, how do there styles differ?
3) Donatello's David. Significance? Stylistic elements?
4) Stylistic differences of Verrocchio's David and Donatello's David?
4) Who invented linear perspective?
5) Gates of Paradise - How is atmospheric perspective created?
6) Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi - How is it considered International Style? How is it modernized?
7) Masaccio - Tribute of Money - three revolutionary innovations?
8) Masaccio - Holy Trinity - How can the perspective be described? What are the Renaissance interests in the painting?READ THIS ARTICLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY
AND WATCH THIS VIDEO ON THE PAINTING.
9) Fra Angelico - Where did he focus his painting? How is his style characteristic?
10) How and why did portraiture become popular?
11) Botticelli - Analyze The Birth of Venus - What is the inspiration for the figures and what does the grouping symbolize?
12) Brunelleschi's Dome - Why and how was it designed in this way? How is it revolutionary?
13) The architects - Brunelleschi compared to Alberti - concept of each design
14) Perugino - Christ Delivering the Keys - Innovation of depth created how? Who is represented in the painting? How are the people organized? What historical elements have been borrowed?
15) Mantegna - How does he depict the illusion of depth in his paintings? What "artistic licenses" does he take?
*Quattrocento * Atmospheric and Linear Perspective * Chiaroscuro *Pilaster * Tromp l'oeil
* Orthogonal * Ponderation * Medici Family
READING CUES
1) Who were the two finalists for the commission of the baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral?
2) Specifically, how do there styles differ?
3) Donatello's David. Significance? Stylistic elements?
4) Stylistic differences of Verrocchio's David and Donatello's David?
4) Who invented linear perspective?
5) Gates of Paradise - How is atmospheric perspective created?
6) Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi - How is it considered International Style? How is it modernized?
7) Masaccio - Tribute of Money - three revolutionary innovations?
8) Masaccio - Holy Trinity - How can the perspective be described? What are the Renaissance interests in the painting?READ THIS ARTICLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY
AND WATCH THIS VIDEO ON THE PAINTING.
9) Fra Angelico - Where did he focus his painting? How is his style characteristic?
10) How and why did portraiture become popular?
11) Botticelli - Analyze The Birth of Venus - What is the inspiration for the figures and what does the grouping symbolize?
12) Brunelleschi's Dome - Why and how was it designed in this way? How is it revolutionary?
13) The architects - Brunelleschi compared to Alberti - concept of each design
14) Perugino - Christ Delivering the Keys - Innovation of depth created how? Who is represented in the painting? How are the people organized? What historical elements have been borrowed?
15) Mantegna - How does he depict the illusion of depth in his paintings? What "artistic licenses" does he take?
Great video on the powerful Medici family. If this isn't enough, here is another site.
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Specifics on how aerial/atmospheric perspective is created, forward to 5:08.
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