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Created: 2012-02-07
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Barrel Vault:

Buttress

Groin Vault:

Pier

Space Included in bay

What were the three important focuses of Italian Renaissance Humanism?

1) Recovery and study of Greek and Rome art, literature and learning

2) Interest in the individual and in classical learning to become better humans

3) Interest in science- rational design, harmony

What is rilievo schiaccato? What does this form of relief accomplish?

“Squished relief” – carved at different depths

Some things are flatter (farther away)

What ancient Roman objects inspired Italian Renaissance sculptors and painters? Examples?

1) Life sized sculptures like the Venus Medici or the Spinario

2) Coins and Cameos- If their patrons allowed them to study them (super expensive)

3) Ancient Roman Sarcophagi (stone coffins used to house dead bodies) very plentiful

Where was Donatello’s David located? Why could this be appropriate or inappropriate?

Located at the Medici palace courtyard
It was a civic symbol
Could be appropriate because Medici organized soldiers to fight there
People took back the statue which shows people at that time thought it was inappropriate.

What are three firsts of Donatello's David?

First freestanding sculpture since antiquity (Controposto)
Life size
Made out of bronze

What is Controposto?

To stand against (standing the way average people stand)- leaned to one leg

What is the definition of one point perspective? Who were the men who invented & disseminated one point perspective?

Mathematical grid layed on a flat surface to give the illusion of 3D space
Invented by: Brunelleschi
Disseminated by: Leon Battista Alberti, On Painting 1435

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Orthogonals: In Linear Perspective drawing, orthogonals are the diagonal lines that can be drawn along receding parallel lines (or rows of objects) to the vanishing point.
Vanishing point: is a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines not parallel to the image plane appear to converge.
Horizon line: The level at which your eyes are at, which all thing recede to

What sculpture inspired Masaccio in painting his Expulsion of Adam and Eve?

Venus Pudica , Early 3^rd. C. B.C.- Inspired the positioning of Eve

What kinds of ancient Roman buildings did Alberti in designing Sant’ Andrea & how?

Mimics Roman temple façade: Alberti’s Sant’ Andrea Corinthian Columns supporting a triangular pediment.
Uses a triumphal arch for his entrance, just like Ancient Rome arches (Arch of Titus)
The side aisles uses 4 barrel vaults, exact size and layout of:
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, 306 CE

How does Alberti's Sant'Andrea exemplify humanism on 15th century art?

This Building is a great example of Italians copying exactly ancient Roman Architecture

How is Botticelli’s Primivera an excellent example of the influence of humanism in the 15^th century Renaissance art? How did he emulate ancient Greek and Roman culture?

All imagery comes from ancient Greek and Roman poetry, and the way they are standing is imitated by ancient sculptures
Venus' stance mimickes Venus Pudica , Early 3^rd. C. B.C

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Artist: Donatello

Title: Saint George

Patron: Guild of Armored Sword Makers

Location: Orsanmichele, Florence

Marble

1415-17

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Artist: Donatello

Title: David

Location: Medici Palace courtyard

Unknown Patron

Bronze

1446-60

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Artist: Masaccio

Title: The Expulsion from Paradise

Location: Brancacci Chapel

Patron: Felice Brancacci

fresco

1427

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Artist: Leon Battista Alberti

Title: Sant’Andrea

Location: Mantua

Patron: Ludovico Gonzaga

designed 1470

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Artist: Botticelli

Title: Primavera

Location: Patron's Bedroom

Patron: Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici

tempera on panel

1482

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