ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 37Outline of Last Lecture I. Tempietto, Bramante, Italian High Renaissance, 1502II. New St. Peter’s, Bramante/Michelangelo, Italian High Renaissance/Late Renaissance, 1505/ 1546-1564Outline of Current LectureI. Pastoral Symphony, Giorgione/Titian, Venetian Renaissance, 1508-1510II. Venus of Urbino, Titian, 1536-1538Current LectureI. Pastoral Symphony, Giorgione/Titian, Venetian Renaissance, 1508-1510a. Aka Concerte Campetreb. Forms in Venetian Renaissance tend to be softer, and there is usually hazinessc. This is a landscape paintingi. Landscape paintings were first developed in Venice d. This is a fantasy of a dreamland e. Arcadia- comes from the ancient Greeksi. Dreamland where life is good and mankind lives peacefully with natureii. There is time to indulge in the fine artsiii. The woman are muses (they are imaginary) 1. Provide inspiration 2. The men are not aware of their presencef. Poesia- painting as a poemi. Developed in Venice ii. Women are connected to the fertility of the land These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. Not meant to be taken literallyII. Venus of Urbino, Titian, 1536-1538a. Woman is more domesticated b. Some scholars think she is a prostitute, some think she is a bride on her wedding day i. Image of a woman as a sex objectc. Some think that this is another example of poesia (love, romance, marital fidelity)i. Dogs are often symbols of domestication/fidelityii. Sleeping dog usually signifies death d. Patron: Guidobaldi della Rovere (Duke of Urbino)i. Commissioned this painting upon his engagement ii. We don’t know if he planned to give it to his wife or note. Cassone (plural cassoni)- trunks in the backgroundi. Started a controversy ii. There are two of them; two cassoni are typically given to a new bride1. Upon engagement, the woman gets one from her husband’s family, and on the wedding day, she gets one from her family2. Like a hope chest- put clothes, important things, etc. 3. This suggests she was a bridef. Might suggest the death of the girl and the transition into a womani. Flower in her hand might suggest deflowering g. Inspires wives to do their duty i. Provide children for husbandsh. It was privatei. When you make it public, you change the meaning i. “In Venice they did not learn to draw well from the beginning… if Titian had beenassisted by design… then no one could achieve more or work better.” – Michelangelo quoted in Vasari’s Lives of Painters, Sculptors and Architects, 1550.i. Disegno vs. colorito1. Aka the line (drawing) vs. the color (painterly) debate 2. Intellectual vs.
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