late gothic art italy (13th and 14th century)

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late medieval italian art moves away from medieval style in italy (byzantine style -- not naturalistic; very decorative and rich) pisa - north of florence south of milan

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Nicola Pisano: Pisa Baptistery Pulpit (1260)

Media + Influences:

  • colored marble

  • ancient and northern gothic and greco roman characteristics

Patron: Archbishop Federigo Visconti

Significance:

  • separate baptistery bcs it was important

  • saves babies from bad faith and die and into christianity

  • socially: creates citizens and creates social network for citizens

  • pulpit — pastor stands there to preach

  • contains narrative panels, leafy capitals, multicolored marble columns, gothic church characteristic pointed arcs

Location: Pisa Cathedral Baptisery (1260)

Detail: Nativity and Annunciation

  • narrative panel, ancient roman

  • almost full relief

  • multiple images within single panel to tell story annunciation included in this panel

  • birthing attendants and christ having first bath

  • joseph included

<p></p><p><strong>Nicola Pisano: Pisa Baptistery Pulpit (1260)</strong></p><p><strong>Media + Influences:</strong></p><ul><li><p>colored marble</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>ancient and northern gothic and greco roman characteristics</p></li></ul><p><strong>Patron: Archbishop Federigo Visconti</strong></p><p><strong>Significance:</strong></p><ul><li><p>separate baptistery bcs it was important</p></li><li><p>saves babies from bad faith and die and into christianity</p></li><li><p>socially: creates citizens and creates social network for citizens</p></li><li><p>pulpit — pastor stands there to preach</p></li><li><p>contains narrative panels, leafy capitals, multicolored marble columns, gothic church characteristic pointed arcs</p></li></ul><p><strong>Location: Pisa Cathedral Baptisery (1260)</strong></p><p><strong>Detail: Nativity and Annunciation</strong></p><ul><li><p>narrative panel, ancient roman</p></li><li><p>almost full relief</p></li><li><p>multiple images within single panel to tell story annunciation included in this panel</p></li><li><p>birthing attendants and christ having first bath</p></li><li><p>joseph included</p></li></ul>
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Bonaventura Berlinghieri, The St. Francis Altarpiece (1235)

Media + Influences:

  • tempera on panel altarpiece

  • late byzantine style — more naturalistic but still byzantine

Patron:

Significance:

  • In a church, to help promote
    the cult of a new saint and
    a new order of monks

Location: San Francesco Pescia

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Media of 14th-century Italian Art:

Tempera

Gesso

Fresco

Fresco Secco

Tempera: ground pigments mixed with egg yolk,
painted on a prepared panel
Gesso: animal glue or sizing applied to a wooden panel or canvas to make paint adhere
Fresco: ground pigments mixed with water and applied to wet plaster
Fresco Secco: pigments applied to dry wall, doesn’t stick so well

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Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets (1285)

Media + Influences: (12’8’’ x 7’4’’)


Location: Santa Trinita, Florence


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File:Ambrogio Lorenzetti - Effects of Good Government in the city - Google Art Project.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City and Peaceful Country

details from the Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena,

significance: represents what a good government looks like for the people, shows