What mediums have we studied so far?

Tempera Wood Block Print Etching What are key characteristics of each? What are “things” that you must consider?

What do you know about fresco? What is the difference between buon fresco and fresco a secco? How does fresco “work?” Michelangelo's fresco painting technique demonstration from a NOVA episode   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cej4Ggq5nQI&edufilter=-UYcvQGRLktRabtXL3Eq1w&safe=active

Masaccio The Expulsion from Paradise 1426-27 fresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa del Carmine in Florence

Masolino Vaulting (detail) 1435 Fresco Baptistery, Castiglione Olona

Why do we study Giotto? What is he able to accomplish? What about his technique predicts the Renaissance? What about his work still feels very Gothic? What do you notice about how he composes his frescoes? What devices does he use again and again to create a sense of depth? What is the central focus of each fresco?

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family c. 1304-1313

Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family c. 1304-1313 Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family c. 1304-1313 Commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni to expiate the sins of his father who was a notorious usurer. Detail of Enrico Scrovegni from The Last Judgement

The Last Judgment Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family c. 1304-1313 The Last Judgment

Detail from The Last Judgment These are the people who have been called up to heaven to sit on the right-hand side of God.

Detail from The Last Judgment The dammed and the devil who eats them.

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Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Annunciation

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The Visitation

The Nativity

Detail of The Nativity

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Adoration of the Magi

Detail of The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Slaughter of the Innocents

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Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Baptism of Christ

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Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Raising of Lazarus

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Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem

The Pact of Judas

The Last Supper

The Kiss of Judas

The Kiss of Judas

The Flagellation of Christ

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Lamentation (The Pieta)

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Ascension

Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family The Pentecost

Joachim and Anna Meet at the City Gates The Immaculate Conception Giotto di Bondone Arena Chapel Padua, Italy for the Scrovegni family Joachim and Anna Meet at the City Gates The Immaculate Conception

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The Birth of the Virgin

The Feast at Cana The Lamentation

Driving the Money Changers Out of the Temple The Pentecost

Giotto—Arena Chapel c. 1305 (four parts) Michelangelo's fresco painting technique demonstration from a NOVA episode   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cej4Ggq5nQI&edufilter=-UYcvQGRLktRabtXL3Eq1w&safe=active Giotto—Arena Chapel c. 1305 (four parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QgqdeSi0U&edufilter=-UYcvQGRLktRabtXL3Eq1w&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I356lV1v8Bc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBQN0Wt_wY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z_Kjsn8VLI

The Seven Virtues: Charity 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua grisaille

The Seven Virtues: Faith 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Virtues: Hope 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Virtues: Justice 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Virtues: Temperance 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Virtues: Fortitude 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Virtues: Prudence 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Foolishness 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Inconstancy 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Wrath 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Injustice 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Infidelity 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Envy 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

The Seven Vices: Desperation 1306 fresco, 120 x 60 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

A Comparison You Must Consider Simone Martini’s Annunciation 1333 and Pietro Lorenzetti’s Birth of the Virgin c. 1335-1342 What has changed? What does this mean?

Simone Martini Annunciation from the Siena Cathedral 1333 tempera and gold on wood panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PsgPJoGWig

Pietro Lorenzetti Birth of the Virgin from the Siena Cathedral c Pietro Lorenzetti Birth of the Virgin from the Siena Cathedral c. 1335-1342 tempera and gold on wood panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29bpAW1AUM&edufilter=-UYcvQGRLktRabtXL3Eq1w&safe=active

Both were made in Siena in within the same ten years Both were made in Siena in within the same ten years. What do you notice?