Italian Renaissance (Early Renaissance/ Trecento)
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Terms | Definitions |
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 -early Renaissance: trecento 3000s-Renaissance: quattrocento 4000s -high Renaissance: cinquecento 5000s | How can the Italian Renaissance be divided? |
| -rebirth of classical Greek culture | What does Renaissance refers to? |
| - more naturalistic human forms -illusions and making murals look real -Renaissance style first appears in sculpture | What do they focus on in art during the Renaissance? |
| - "Pisa Baptistry Pulpit" - creator: Nicola Pisano -date: 1259-1260 -Patron: Archbishop of Pisa -medium: marble and wood -location Pisa Baptistry in Pisa, Italy |  |
| -how powerful someone is | What is art a representation of? |
| -they are seen as craftsmen, not intellectuals -they must appeal to the patron so they will get paid -artists have to become more educated to learn what the patron wants and this is what eventually leads to artists being seen as geniuses | Role of artists in Renaissance |
| -the circular shape of the baptistry symbolizes God's eternity -the baptismal font's octagonal shape refers to the Christ's rebirth -the hexagonal shape of the pulpit refers to the death and rebirth | what so the shapes of structural elements in the Baptistry refer to? |
| -lectern -where the book that the clergymen read from is placed -(an eagle found on the pulpit) |  |
| - creator: Nicola Pisano -date: 1259-1260 -Patron: Archbishop of Pisa -medium: marble -location: Pisa Baptistry Pulpit | "Nativity Panel of Pisa Baptistry Pulpit" (look up image) |
| -more than one nativity scene -traditional Christin stories - the several lambs refer to Christ as teacher - the goat represents Satan -it's in high relief | What does the Nativity Panel show? |
| -a story that proves the sanctity of a deity -this is seen with Christ on the panel (not traditional) | thophany |
| - creator: Nicola Pisano -date: 1259-1260 -Patron: Archbishop of Pisa -medium: marble -location: Pisa Baptistry Pulpit | "Fortitude" (Daniel) (look up image) |
| -first known master painter of the Renaissance -many people looked to him | Giotto |
| -creator: Giotto -date: 1305 -patron: Enrico Scrovegni -medium: fresco -location: Padua, Italy -influences the Sistein Chapel and others in Italy -historians think it took 852 days to paint the interior | "Arena Chapel" (look up image) |
| -this was Enrico Scrovegni's family chapel that he had built to atone for his father's sins (he was an usurer which meant he loaned money but charged interest. Dante mentioned him in the Inferno of the Divine Comedy, which scared Enrico) | purpose of Arena Chapel |
| -refers to the amount of fresco you can paint in a day -this is how they estimated how long it took | giornate |
| -the application of image painting onto a wall | fresco painting |
| -buon fresco: wet plaster technique. lasts longer. Plasters acts as the adhesive. Giotto used this -fresco succo: dry plaster technique. another adhesive must be used | types of fresco painting |
| -Marian: stories from Mary's life -Passion: stories from the Passion of Christ -(seen in the Arena Chapel) | Marian Cycle and Passion Cycle |
| -creator: Giotto -date: 1305 -patron: Enrico Scrovegni -medium: fresco -location: Arena Chapel | "Expulsion of Joachim" (look up image) |
| -Joachism wants to sacrifice a lamb so God will help his wife conceive a child,m but he is turned away. When he returns home he learns she is pregnant (with Mary) | Story of Joachim |
| -focuses on the figure's humanity -used chiaroscuro and intuitive perspective | What does Giotto focus on and through what techniques? |
| -using shade and highlight to create a sense of mass | chiaroscuro |
| -refers to the drive to create more 3D space | intuitive perspective |
| -creator: Giotto -date: 1305 -patron: Enrico Scrovegni -medium: fresco -location: Arena Chapel | "Nativity" in Arena Chapel (look up image) |
| -creator: Giotto -date: 1305 -patron: Enrico Scrovegni -medium: fresco -location: Arena Chapel -we see people mourning in different ways -Giotto reintroduces foreshortening with the angels -everything in the composition points towards Christ | "Lamentation" in Arena Chapel (look up image) |
| other painters from this time | who were Duccio and Cimabue? |
| -less stylization, more intuitive perspective, better sense of a single light source | changes we see from Cimabue's work to Giotto's |
| refers to the Virgin enthrowned | What does Maesta mean? |
| Creator(s): Duccio Date:1308-1311 Medium: Tempera and gold leaf on wood Location: Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy -largest work painted on wood -part of an alter peice | "Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints" (Maesta') (look up image) |
| 1. unified compositional space 2. sacra conversazion (sacred conversation- interaction between holy figures) | 2 important things in "Maesta" |
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- "- "Pisa Baptistry Pulpit"
- creator: Nicola Pisano
-date: 1259-1260
-Patron: Archbishop of Pisa
-medium: marble and wood
-location Pisa Baptistry in Pisa, Italy" image - "-lectern
-where the book that the clergymen read from is placed
-(an eagle found on the pulpit)" image
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