4. Be able to recall and discuss the following works
of art:
- East
Doors (Gates of Paradise) of the baptistery, Florence Cathedral,
by Lorenzo Ghiberti (see page
548 in the text book and detail, "Isaac and His Sons" on the same page). Explore the development of illustionistic space
seen in Ghiberti's doors and the innovations of Donatello (see page 546). View a detail
from the baptistery doors.
- David by
Donatello (page 549). Compare with Andrea del Verrocchio's David
(page 550), with Michelangelo's
David (see Chapter
22, page 590), and with Bernini's David (see Chapter 24, page 653).
- Compare the pictorial
space of Adoration
of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano (page
552) with the Tribute Money
by Masaccio (page 554). What pictorial devices did Masaccio use to create
the "visual experience of distance?"
- Examine the religious images of Fra Filippo Lippi in
Madonna
and Child with Angels (see
page 557). How do humanist concerns become evident in religious art?
- Birth
of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (page 561). Explore issues of "secular subject
matter" and the Medici as patrons of art.
- Dome
of the Florence Cathedral, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi
(see page 562). Describe Brunelleschi's innovative building methods,
their source, and application (see pages 562-564).
- Compare Santa
Maria Novella, west facade, designed by Leon Battista Alberti
(see page 567) and Sant'Andrea
Mantua (see page 573). Comment on the influence
of the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti's interest in classical forms
(see discussion on pages 566-567.)
-
View the ceiling fresco of the Camera
Picti, Palazzo Ducale, by Andrea Mantegna (see page 575) and Mantegna's
painting, The Dead
Christ (see page 576). How does perspective "occupy Mantegna's attention"
and exactly what pictorial devices does he use in his paintings to achieve
what goals?
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