From Gothic to Renaissance 14th Century Art o Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets 11 04 2013 Artist Cimabue 1280 1290 Tempera on wood o Egg yolk based pigment that gives a yellow tint Florence 12 feet tall altar piece She is very flat oval shaped head long nose almond eyes typical of this time period Arch below her is meant to show depth as a way of receding back to the painting not just an arch o Madonna Enthroned Artist Giotto Di Bondone Father of Western Victorial Art 1310 Tempera on wood Technique used is called modeling it uses highlights and shadows to create depth to the painting Focuses on changes in Madonna Breasts knee has mass and weight no lines to imply shadows highlights Comparison Madonna Enthroned has more weight mass light shadow life compared to Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets o Interior of the Arena Chapel Cappella Scrovegni Artist Giotto Di Bondone Padua Italy 1305 Barrel tunnel vaulting Blue ceiling was groundbreaking b c blue associated w sky and heavens The walls show different scenes of the life of Christ and Mary s life Middle scene has Christ s life Bottom scene passion of Christ Lamentation o Artist Giotto Di Bondone o 1305 o One of the paintings on the wall in the Arena Chapel o This scene is the moment after death before Jesus is put in a tomb Place on Earth blue sky o Angels are tearing out their hair screaming crying b c the death of Jesus o Mother Mary is up closest to Jesus fast o Backs of people are shown b c Giotto is paying attention to plays and applying that to his artwork He realizes that sometimes you see the backs of people Trying to make this more believable and realistic o The line of the cliff draws the viewer s eye downward to the main focus of the painting Jesus o The off center focal point is a new concept o Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Artist Duccio di Buoninsegna Siena Cathedral in Siena Italy 1308 1311 Panel of the Maesta altarpiece from the Siena Cathedral Italy front o all the saints Mary in middle o John the Baptist is always shown in animal skin He lives in the outskirts of the area in the wild o 7 feet tall by 13 feet wide o way to remember 2 c s in artist s name LONGER and his artwork is LONG back o lots of little squares with individual paintings Betrayal of Jesus Artist Duccio di Buoninsegna 109 1311 o Back of the Maesta altarpiece o Scene shows Peter slicing one of the soldiers ear s off o Bodys are pretty good o Not just lines but folds o Annunciation o Artist Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi o Florence o 1333i o Tempera and gold leaf on wood o Scene shows Mary being told you will be mother of Jesus son of God o She has a pious expression Religious divine sacred spiritual goody goody o The angel is shown genderless o January from Les Tres riches Heures du Duc de Berry Artists Limbourg brothers Pol Hennequin Herman 1413 1416 Limbourg brothers are trying to move art forward Beginning of read the bible yourself and pray yourself Book of Hours o When to pray what to read in Bible Shown January Duc of Berry o October Artists Limbourg brothers Ink on vellum Early Italian Renaissance 11 04 2013 Florence is the birth place of the Renaissance The word Renaissance means rebirth When first is used in notes it refers to first again I Donatello artist David o Late 1420s late 1450s o Museo Nazionale del Bargello Florence o When he was adolescent he took on a giant that was terrorizing his people o Standing on head of Goliath o Bronze o Donatello has decided to sculpt David in a moment of quiet thoughtfulness as opposed to victorious cocky This reflects the idea that the Renaissance is a time of thinking o Biblical people nude o Controposto o Donatello is the first artist to bring back contropossto o Looks feminine to show a youth Long hair youth Skinny arms no muscular structure o Everyone is using live models at this time o First full round nude free standing controposto Gattamelata equestrian statue of Erasmo da Narni o First equestrian to rival those of ancient Rome o Individualist man of the Renaissance o Controlling horse with skill not force o Modeled after the Marcus Cirvillius o First one to get good again II Antonio Pollaiuolo artist Hercules and Antaeus III Sandro Botticelli Birth of Venus o Hercules is lifting Antaeus off the ground and breaks his back o 1 foot 6 inches o exhibits the stress and strain of the human body and pain Pallaiuolo is into violence o Most famous of Botticelli s paintings o Influenced by a poem o First female nude coming out of the dark ages o Humanism emphasis on body anatomy o Savagonrola he goes around and attempts to stop the Renaissance and tells people they are going to hell if they do paintings such as these o A lot of Botticelli s art got burned because of Savagonrola s cause o Venus was born at sea from Poseidon o Blown to shore o Island of Cypress the love island o Orange trees are symbols of the Civichi Family sp o Would have been in trouble for this but was protected by the Civichi Family o Neck and shoulders are a little off Portrait of a Youth o 1480s Tempera o People started getting portraits of themselves done o Hand gang sign What is this IV Brunelleschi Architect who re invents linear perspective o Linear perspective was lost in the dark middle ages o The spot where the lines converge is called the vanishing point o Orthoginal the diagonal lines Dome of Florence Cathedral o Florence Italy o Ogavul shape of the dome o The top thing is called V Verrocchio Bartolommeo Colleoni Equestrian Statue o Skillful o Venice Italy o 1483 1488 o Cocky hand on hip sword in hand proud of himself look at David me VI Masaccio Dies at 27 Admired Giotto Holy Trinity o Vanishing point is at Jesus feet o God The Father Holy Spirit dove and Son Jesus o John the Vangilince Mary Magullan 2 donors of the art o Skeleton at the bottom was uncovered in the 1700 s Says something to the effect of where you are I once was Where I am you will be be good so you will go to Heaven one day Tribute Money o Visual representation of Matthew when passing through town and paying a fee o Jesus tells Peter always in Orange to go to the sea and get a fish and there will be a coin inside of it Sure enough he gets the fish and there is a coin o Called a continuous narrative Peter is shown 3 times in different spots to tell the story o Using light and shadow to create 3 dimensionality modeling o Chiaroscuro Italian word for use of light dark to create modeling which …