Lecture 1 :13th and 14th century

Madonna and child

Duccio di Buoninsegna, C. 1290-1300, tempera and gold on wood

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Cimabue, 1280, tempura and gold on wood

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Giotto di Bondone, 1305-1310, tempera gold and wood

Francesco Petrarch

Known as the father of Renaissance Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 as a cleric and committed his life to humanistic pursuits and careful study of the classics. He resisted writing in the Italian vernacular except for his sonnets, which were composed to his "lady love" who spoke no Latin.

Birth of venus

Sandro Botticelli. c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera gold on canvas.

Autumn Rythm (No. 30)

Jackson Pollock, 1950, oil on canvas

Iconography

recognizable visuals, figures, and symbols in a visual image

hierarchical scale

The use of scale to indicate relative importance/The most important figure is made the largest

composition

How part of the image relates to the whole

Style

the manner in which the artist portrays his or her subject matter and how the artist expresses his or her vision.

Chiaroscuro

the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting

Illusionism

the artistic skill or trick of making something look real or 3d

Humanism (Renaissance)

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

foreground

the part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer

background

the part of a work depicted furthest from the viewer’s space, often behind the main subject matter