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Chapter 17 Part 3: Classical themes and forms, illusionism and Leonardo.
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Classical freestanding sculpture Donatello’s David (1440) Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504) Mythological themes Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Birth of Venus (1480). Illusionism: Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476) Mantegna’s Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74 Leonardo da Vinci Sfumato, psychological portrayal
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Donatello, David, 1440Praxiteles, 4 th cent. BCE
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Donatello, David, 1440 First freestanding male nude since antiquity. Classical influence: contrapposto pose, feminine features, eroticism.
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Michelangelo, David, 1501- 1504 Polyclitus, 5 th cent. BCE
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Michelangelo, David, 1501- 1504 Classical influence: contrapposto pose, anatomical study but different proportions (hands, head). Symbol of victory over tyranny. Terribilità, virtù.
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Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus (1480).
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Iconography of the baptism of Christ (Ghirlandaio, 1490)
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Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (1480).
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Botticelli Iconography of the Virgin Mary surrounded by saints
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Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, 1483.
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Boticcelli Barberini Faun, 3 rd cent. BCE
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Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476)
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Mantegna, Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74
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Identify the discipline Leonardo did not study: Anatomy Physiology Physics Mechanics Music Mathematics Flora/ fauna Geology Astronomy Painting and drawing
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Mona Lisa, 1503-1505 Psychological portrayal: ambiguity. Sfumato: haze, smoke Aerial/ atmospheric perspective “That painting is the most to be praised which agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.”
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LeonardoBotticelli
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Last Supper, 1485-1498
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