Chapter 19 From Gothic to Renaissance: 14th Century Italian Art
Bonaventura Berlinghieri panel from “Saint Francis Altarpiece” San Francesco, Pescia, Italy 1235 Tempera on 5’ x 3’ x 6”
Nicola Pisano pulpit of Pisa Cathedral baptistery Pisa, Italy ’ high
Nicola Pisano “The Annunciation and the Nativity” detail of pulpit of Pisa Cathedral baptistery Marble 2’ 10” x 3’ 9”
Nicola Pisano “Fortitude” (Hercules or Daniel) pulpit of Pisa Cathedral baptistery Pisa, Italy
Giovanni Pisano “The Annunciation and the Nativity” Marble 2’ 10” x 3’ 4”
Pietro Cavallini “Seated Apostles” detail of the “Last Judgement,” Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Rome, Italy Fresco
Cimabue “Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets” Tempera on wood 12’ 7” x 7’ 4”
Choir of the Upper Church, of San Francesco, Assisi, with frescos by Cimabue, 1280
Giotto Di Bondone “Madonna Enthroned” Tempera on wood 10’ 8” x 6’ 8”
Interior of the Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni) Padua, Italy
Giotto Di Bondone “Lamentation” Arena Chapel Padua, Italy 1305 Fresco 6’ 6 1/4” x 6’ 3’4”
The Republic of Siena
Duccio Di Buoninsegna “Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints” principal panel of the Maesta altarpiece, from the Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, Tempera on wood, 7’ x 13’ (center panel)
Duccio Di Buoninsegna “Betrayal of Jesus” detail from the back of the Maesta altarpiece from the Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, Tempra on wood, 1’ 10” x 3’ 4”
Duccio Di Buoninsegna “Crucifiction” from the Maesta altarpiece Siena Cathedral Siena, Italy
Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, “Annunciation” 1333, (frame reconstructed in the 19th century) Tempera and gold leaf on 10’ 1” x 8’ 8 3/4” (central panel)
Pietro Lorenzetti “The Birth of the Virgin” from the Altar of Saint Savinus, Siena Cathedral Siena, Italy 1342 tempera on 6’ 1” x 5’ 11”
Palazzo Pubblico Siena, Italy
Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Allegory of Good Government, Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government in the City, and Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country” Fresco program on the interior of Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy,
Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Allegory of Good Government, Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government in the City” Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, Fresco
Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Allegory of Good Government, Bad Government and the Effects of Bad Government in the City” Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, Fresco
Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Peaceful City” detail from “Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country” Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, Fresco
Ambrogio Lorenzetti “Peaceful Country” detail from “Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country” Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy, Fresco
The Republic of Florence
Florence, Italy
Arnolpo Di Cambio (cathedral) begun 1296, Giotto (campanile) designed 1334, and Filippo Brunelleschi (dome) between Florence Cathedral (view from the south) Florence, Italy
Cologne CathedralFlorence Cathedral
“Baptistery of San Giovanni” Florence, Italy dedicated 1059 “Florence Cathedral” Florence, Italy, begun 1296
Florence Carthedral
Facade Florence Cathedral (completed in the 19 th century)
Nave of Florence Cathedral (view facing east) Florence, Italy, begun 1296
Nave looking toward the aisle of Florence Cathedral Florence, Italy begun 1296
Florence CathedralCologne Cathedral
Nave of the Franciscan Church at Santa Croce
Nave of the Dominican Church at Santa Maria Novella Florence, Italy
Leon Battista Alberti Facade of Santa Maria Novella Florence, Italy, mid-15th century