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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), exploration of individual potential and desire to excel, commitment to moral responsibility and moral duty. Theme: PMA.

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Quattrocento Italian Art

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  1. Quattrocento Italian Art

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Theme: PMA P Triangular composition Interest in symmetry, balance, and harmony Geometric and mathematical perfection as a reflection of the divine M A

  5. Theme: PAM Pam = grease PAM = Greece Renaissance artists would have been “stuck” without Classical influences

  6. Filippo Brunelleschi Sacrifice of Isaac 1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

  7. Lorenzi Ghiberti Sacrifice of Isaac 1401-1402gilded bronze relief1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.

  8. Donatello Feast of Herod Baptistery, Siena Cathedral ca. 1425gilded bronze relief1 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.

  9. Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise Baptistery, Florence Cathedral 1425-1452gilded bronze reliefapproximately 17 ft. high

  10. 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.

  11. Lorenzo Ghiberti Isaac and His Sons Baptistery, Florence Cathedral 1425-1452gilded bronze relief

  12. “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 VitruvianArchtiecture(De Architectura ) The only surviving Classical text on architecture. There are three necessary qualities all buildings should possess. They must be: solid useful beautiful

  13. Filippo Brunelleschi dome of Florence Cathedral Florence, Italy 1420-1436

  14. Filippo Brunelleschi interior of Santo Spirito Florence, Italy begun ca. 1436

  15. Filippo Brunelleschi plan of Santo Spirito Florence, Italy begun ca. 1436 planned constructed

  16. Filippo Brunelleschi interior of Santo Spirito Florence, Italy begun ca. 1436

  17. Filippo Brunelleschi Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce Florence, Italy begun ca. 1440

  18. Filippo Brunelleschi (loggia by Giuliano da Maiano) Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce Florence, Italy begun ca. 1440

  19. Filippo Brunelleschi Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce Florence, Italy begun ca. 1440

  20. Leon Battista Alberti Palazzo Rucellai Florence, Italy ca. 1452-1470

  21. Leon Battista Alberti West façade of Santa Maria Novella Florence, Italy ca. 1458-1470

  22. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Florence, Italy begun 1444

  23. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Florence, Italy begun 1444

  24. Donatello Saint George ca. 1415-1417marble6 ft. 10 in. high

  25. Donatello Saint George ca. 1415-1417marble6 ft. 10 in. high

  26. Donatello Saint Mark Or San Michele, Florence, Italy 1411-1413marblefigure 7 ft. 9 in. high

  27. Donatello Saint Mark Or San Michele, Florence, Italy 1411-1413marblefigure 7 ft. 9 in. high

  28. Nanni di Banco Quattro Santo Coronati Or San Michele, Florence, Italy ca. 1408-1414marblefigure approximately life-size

  29. Nanni di Banco Quattro Santo Coronati Or San Michele, Florence, Italy ca. 1408-1414marblefigure approximately life-size

  30. Donatello prophet figure (Zuccone) Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy 1423-1425marblefigure 6 ft. 5 in. high

  31. 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.

  32. Masaccio Tribute Money Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy ca. 1427fresco8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.

  33. Masaccio Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.

  34. Masaccio Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

  35. Masaccio Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

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