Arts 150 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Current Lecture I Writing workshop Current Lecture Major artists to know o Perugino o Raphael Marriage of the Virgin o Frangelico Enthroned Virgin and Child with Saints Important middle focused vanishing point pointed at Christ Child Perspective diagram centered on Jesus Constantinople Istanbul and Jerusalem major Christian cities Botticelli creative artist who changed the from the religious theme to the neoplatonic academy o Spring aka Primavera Idea of mortal normal soul Model of female figure derived from classical sculpture venuspudica Pierodella Francesca Portraits of Federico da Montefelto and Battista Sforza o More fidelity to Alberti s system o Duke and Duchess of Urbino o Emphasis on 3D forms o Foreground portrait background landscape o Provide info on most elegant and fashions o 1472 73 o Duke active humanit and Scholar commissioned library o On reverse of portraits is painting depicting Triumph of Federico and Baptista Virtues depicted chastity and modedsty o Petrarch s Triumphs reflected in the paintings Donatello started depicting real life people not saints in his military people portraitsEquestrian statue of Galtamelata Leonardo DiVinci major in development of Renaissance 1452 1519 o Completed early Renaissance by 1400s o Left Florence approx 1481 and offered his painting services to Duke of Milan o The Duke then commissioned him for the Last Supper Wall painting for Monastery of Santa Maria della Grazie Milan 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 Worked directly on dry fresco and with oil and tempera Painting narrowly escaped destruction in WWII Commissioned for Ludovico Sforza Jesus has just said one of you will betray me Disciples talking and moving with lots of gestures Jesus not in dialogue w group around him Curve of door above his head acts as halo Christ focal and vanishing point Judas in first group to left of Jesus with St Thomas Judas clutches a money bag Andrea del Castagio Last Supper 1450 o Judas in front o Challenges traditional iconography by placing Judas on opposite side of table Leonardo Virgin and Saint Anne with Christ Child and Young John the Baptist o Charcoal o Created pictorial style o Hazy background staple of his painting o Virgin and Saint Anne with Christ Child with lamb and hazy background o Depicts Virgin and child in profile at angle unlike all of the Virgin Enthroned images More narrative power with movement Virgin and child form diagonal lines across image Leonardo Mona Lisa o Source of woman Roman Byzantine woman Maria Maggiore o Took 3 years to complete this painting o Similar facial features long round nose round well defined chin corners of mount tucked in similar hand movement and expression reflection Comparison to saint luke icon Santa Lisa Maria Maggiore o Sfumato hazy quality or background moves from unknown to known smoky effect o Chiascuro degradation of light also emphasized o Originally done for a man but he felt guilty for having lust for a sacred character so he removed it
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