ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Lecture 4 I Early Renaissance a Examples of art Outline of Lecture 5 I Middle Renaissance II Republic of Florence Italy a Cathedrals Current Lecture I Mid Renaissance a Arnolfini Double Portrait 1434 Northern Renaissance Jan van Eyck 33 x22 oil on wood i darker coloring than main renaissance trends has incorporation of shadows for depth b Ghent Altarpiece Jan and Huber van Eyck oil on panel 11 x15 Flanders northern renaissance 1432 i When open shows God Jesus seated on throne wearing elaborate crown similar to a pope s headpiece an earthly crown showing he is god of earth as well as god of heaven a crowned Mary and John the Baptist on either side naked Adam and Eve on the far sides they are covering themselves modestly Adam s figure shows that the brothers studied the human body to achieve a level of detail Eve looks more like a doll showing that they didn t study the female in the same way getting a female to pose nude would be considered wrong and unChristian bottom inside panel it is the end of time vision in the center of a lamb on an alter with a wound on its side pouring into a chalice represents Jesus the people surrounding are the righteous the wine in mass is transformed into the blood of Christ angels around are holding the objects of his crucifixion and sacrifice depth and perspective are not yet correct but then artists are beginning to try to incorporate it Alter piece types diptych two panels that open triptych three panels that open Iconography symbolic writing 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 II Italy Republic of Florence birthplace of the renaissance a Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore Florence begun 1296 but didn t know how to construct the dome they wanted it was later designed in the 1400s by Filippo Brunelleschi i Compare to Chartes Cathedral Former more geometric different colored marble ordered and rational Latter flying buttresses complex exterior considered part of a superstitious time period ii Brunelleschi s design is to have and octagonal drum with 8 ribs for support and using an inner dome and outer dome to support brick is used to lighten and color the structure hailed as a major monumental achievement windows on drum lighten it as well At the time that Florence wanted to create its dome the construction method of the pantheon dome has been long since lost iii Ospedale degli Innocenti Brunelleschi is working on this at the same time that he is building the dome it is an orphanage in Florence sponsored by the silk merchant s guild compared to the cathedral it is a simple humble building using geometric principles in the design similar to a Greco Roman temple front simple elegance that the renaissance is known for in between each arch is glazed terracotta Infant in Swaddling clothes 14870 Andrea della Robbia b Pantheon 118 128 CE Rome the architects constructed this massive dome that was a master feat at the time it has a coffered ceiling to lighten it up the make it as light as possible so that it doesn t collapse dome is wide and has no supporting bars c Palazzo pronounced palatzo Michelozzo owned by the Medici family they are bankers handle the pope s account and who basically run the city built for Cosimo de Medici becomes a very important patron for artists Roman influences especially the interior courtyard in the inner courtyard was Donatello s David which was in the center and could be seen through the arches from the street symbolizes the successful underdog is one of the first to have full frontal nudity many say it seems very homoerotic soft young male body for Cosimo it had more of a patriotic image the underdog can succeed Contrapposto a stance where the hips are at an angle and the back is usually curved the weight of the figure appears to be on one foot Ninja turtles Donatello Michelangelo Leonardo and Rafael first is mid renaissance last three are high renaissance Rustication makes the building seem more common as if to say we are just like you our building is rough can be seen on the lower half of the Palazzo protruding and rough stone d Baptist of Florence Cathedral East doors Lorenzo Ghiberti East doors Gates of Paradise panel Jacob and Asau gilded bronze incorporates continuous narration where multiple scenes from a single story are in the same panel the bodies are much more naturalistic appearance when compared to the south doors by Andrea Pisano Artists are having models come in so that they can study the form and are beginning to dissect cadavers e Jacob and Esau Esau sold his inheritance to his younger brother Jacob for a bowl of porridge Late 1400s perspective is mathematically determined and used very consciously in new works One point perspective Linear perspective Vanishing point Orthogonal lines