Italian
Florence: Sculpture Medici: avid patrons 1 st impt commission was work not of Medici but wool guild for the east end of the baptistry Subject= Sacrifice of Isaac which prefigures the crucifixion Also sacrifice was linked to Florentine victory over Milan (Visconti)
Brunelleschi vs Ghiberti
Florence: Orsanmichele Nanni Di Banco, Four Crowned Saints
Donatello: St Mark, 1411, Orsanmichele, marble, 7’9”
Donatello: St George, 1410, 6’10”
Donatello: Feast of Herod, panel from Baptismal font, Siena Cathedral,
Donatello: Zuccone,
Gates of Paradise: Ghiberti
Donatello: David, 1408 marble & 1440, bronze
Donatello: Mary Magdalene, wood, 1455
Donatello: Gattamelata, , bronze, Piazza del Santo, Padua
Verrocchio: David, , bronze,
Verrocchio: Colleoni, , Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, bronze, 13’
Fox vs Lion
Pollaiuolo: Hercules and Antaeus, , bronze, 1’6”
Pollauiolo:
Painting Imitation Emulation Panel and mural painting International Gothic also persisted Perspective Sfumato Chiaroscuro Fresco cycles
Fabriano: Adoration of the Magi, Strozzi Chapel, Santa Trinita, Florence, 1423, 10X9, Uffizi Gallery
Masaccio: Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, , fresco cycle
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Masaccio: Trinita, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, , fresco, 21’10”X10.4” “I was once what you are, and I am what you will become”
Fra Angelico: Annunciation, San Marco, Florence, , fresco
Castagno: Last Supper, refectory, convent of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, 1447, fresco, 15’X32’
Fra Fillippo Lippi: Madonna and Child with Angels, tempera on wood, 3’X2’, 1455, Uffizi
Ghirlandaio: Giovanna Tournabuoni, 1488, oil and tempera on wood,2’6”X1’8”
Ghirlandaio: Birth of the Virgin, Capella Maggiore, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, , fresco cycle
Uccello: Battle of San Romano, 1455, tempera on wood, 6’X10.5’
Botticelli: Primavera, tempera on wood, 1482, 6’8”X8’10”
Birth of Venus, , tempera on canvas, 6’X9’
Princely Courts Money, power and fame Somewhat feudal in relationship Each prince had an entourage of staff in his court Visual imagery was propaganda Court artists emerge Create gifts for visiting authorities Rome, Milan, Mantua, Naples, Urbino etc
Perugino: Christ Delivering the Keys to Saint Peter, Sistine Chapel, Rome , 11’5” X 18’8”
Signorelli: Damned Cast into Hell, Orvieto Cathedral, , fresco, 23’ wide
Orvieto Cathedral
Piero della Francesca: Enthroned Madonna and Saints Adored by Federico da Montefeltro, , 8’2”X5’7”, oil on wood
Mantegna: Camera Picta, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua,
Ceiling of Camera Picta
Mantegna: Dead Christ, 1500, tempera on canvas, 2’2”X2’7”