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Theme: PMA
Positive Mental Attitude
Humanism: emphasis on education, expanding knowledge (esp of Classical antiquities and literature), exploration of individual potential and desire to excel, commitment to moral responsibility and
moral duty
Theme: PMA
Perspective, Modeling, and Anatomy
Development of linear perspective (Brunelleschi and Alberti)
Use of modeling (shading) to create volume, depth, and atmospheric perspective
Reintroduction of contrapposto and careful study of the human body
Theme: PMA
Triangular composition
Interest in symmetry, balance,
and harmony
Geometric and mathematical
perfection as a reflection of the
divine
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M A
Theme: PAM
Pam = grease
PAM = Greece
Renaissance artists would have been “stuck” without
Classical influences
Donatello
Feast of Herod
Baptistery, Siena Cathedral
ca. 1425gilded bronze relief1 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Gates of Paradise
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral
1425-1452gilded bronze reliefapproximately 17 ft. high
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Gates of Paradise
Isaac and His Sons
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral
1425-1452gilded bronze reliefpanel approximately 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in.
“Harmony and concord of all the parts achieved in such a manner that nothing could be added or taken away or altered except for the worse”
- Marcus Vitruvius (c. 80 – 15 BCE) author of De Architectura
Vitruvian Archtiecture (De Architectura )
The only surviving Classical text on architecture.
There are three necessary qualities all buildings should possess. They must be:
solid useful
beautiful
Filippo Brunelleschi (loggia by Giuliano da Maiano)
Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1440
Nanni di Banco
Quattro Santo Coronati
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
ca. 1408-1414marblefigure approximately life-size
Nanni di Banco
Quattro Santo Coronati
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
ca. 1408-1414marblefigure approximately life-size
Donatello
prophet figure (Zuccone)
Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy
1423-1425marblefigure 6 ft. 5 in. high
Gentile da Fabriano
Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece
from Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
1423tempera on woodapproximately 9 ft. 11 in. x 9 ft. 3 in.
Masaccio
Tribute Money
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
ca. 1427fresco8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.
Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
Bernardo Rossellino
Tomb of Leonardo Bruni
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
ca. 1445-1450marble20 ft. high
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Giovanna Tornabuoni
1448oil and tempera on woodapproximately 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
A Man with His Grandchild
ca. 1480-90oil and tempera on wood24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.
Donatello
Gattamelata (Erasmo da Narni)
Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy
ca. 1445-1450bronze approximately 11 x 13 ft.
Andrea del Verrocchio
Bartolommeo Colleoni
Campo dei Santi, Venice Italy
ca. 1483-1488bronzeapproximately 13 ft. high
Melozzo da Forli
Pope Sixtus IV, His Nephews and the Librarian Platina
1480-1481fresco (transferred to canvas)13 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 4 in.
Andrea del Castagno
Last Supper
Refectory monastery of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy
1447frescoapproximately 15 x 32 ft.
Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child with Angels
ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.
Luca della Robbia
Madonna and Child
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
ca. 1455-1460terracotta with polychrome glazediameter approximately 6 ft.
Perugino
Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter
Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy
1481-1483fresco11 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 18 ft. 8 1/2 in.
Andrea Mantegna
Camera degli Sposi ceiling
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
1474fresco8 ft. 9 in. diameter
Andrea Mantegna
Camera degli Sposi ceiling
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
1474fresco8 ft. 9 in. diameter
Andrea Mantegna
Saint James Lead to Martyrdom
Ovetari Chapel, Church of the Eremitani, Padua, Italy
ca. 1455fresco10 ft. 9 in. wide
Piero della Francesca
Finding of the True Cross, Proving of the True Cross
San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
ca. 1455fresco11 ft. 8 3/8 in. x 6 ft. 4 in.
Piero della Francesca
Resurrection
Palazzo Comunale, Borgo San Sepolcro, Italy
ca. 1463fresco7 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 6 1/2 in.
Piero della Francesca
Enthroned Madonna and Saints Adored by Federico de Montefeltro
ca. 1472-1474oil on panel8 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 7 in.
Luca Signorelli
Damned Cast into Hell
San Brizio Chapel, Orvietto Cathedral, Orvietto, Italy
1499-1504frescoapproximately 23 ft. wide