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Quattrocento Italian Art

Quattrocento Italian Art. Theme: PMA Positive Mental Attitude Humanism: emphasis on education, expanding knowledge (esp of Classical antiquities and literature),

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Quattrocento Italian Art

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

P

M A

Theme: PAM

Pam = grease

PAM = Greece

Renaissance artists would have been “stuck” without

Classical influences

Filippo Brunelleschi

Sacrifice of Isaac

1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

Lorenzi Ghiberti

Sacrifice of Isaac

1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

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.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Isaac and His Sons

Baptistery, Florence Cathedral

1425-1452gilded bronze relief

“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

dome of Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

1420-1436

Filippo Brunelleschi

interior of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436

Filippo Brunelleschi

plan of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436 planned constructed

Filippo Brunelleschi

interior of Santo Spirito

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1436

Filippo Brunelleschi

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

Filippo Brunelleschi (loggia by Giuliano da Maiano)

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

Filippo Brunelleschi

Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce

Florence, Italy

begun ca. 1440

Leon Battista Alberti

Palazzo Rucellai

Florence, Italy

ca. 1452-1470

Leon Battista Alberti

West façade of Santa Maria Novella

Florence, Italy

ca. 1458-1470

Michelozzo di Bartolommeo

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Florence, Italy

begun 1444

Michelozzo di Bartolommeo

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Florence, Italy

begun 1444

Donatello

Saint George

ca. 1415-1417marble6 ft. 10 in. high

Donatello

Saint George

ca. 1415-1417marble6 ft. 10 in. high

Donatello

Saint Mark

Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

1411-1413marblefigure 7 ft. 9 in. high

Donatello

Saint Mark

Or San Michele, Florence, Italy

1411-1413marblefigure 7 ft. 9 in. high

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.

Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Paolo Uccello

Battle of San Romano

ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 6 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus

ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.

Sandro Botticelli

Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1470panel43 3/4 in. x 52 3/4 in.

Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of a Youth

early 1480stempera on panel16 x 12 in.

Donatello

David

ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high

Donatello

Judith Beheading Holofernes

David

Andrea del Verrocchio

David

ca. 1465-1470bronzeapproximately 4 ft. 1 1/2 in. high

Antonio Pollaiuolo

Hercules and Anteus

ca. 1475bronzeapproximately 18 in. high

Antonio Pollaiuolo

Battle of the Ten Nudes

ca. 1465engravingapproximately 15 x 23 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.

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Birth of the Virgin

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

1485-1490fresco

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.

Fra Angelico

Annunciation

San Marco, Florence, Italy

ca. 1440-1445fresco7 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 6 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.

Leon Battista Alberti

façade of Sant’Andrea

Mantua, Italy

designed ca. 1470

Andrea Mantegna

Camera degli Sposi

Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

1474fresco

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

Andrea Mantegna

Dead Christ

ca. 1501tempera on canvas2 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 7 7/8 in.

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